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Table 40

(Chapter 17: Communications, the Media and Information Technology)

Communications and Internet Services

Postal services

Letter mail (million articles)

Parcels (thousands)

Telecommunications and Internet Services

Telephone lines (thousands)

2001

2005

2006

1 360 923

1 275*

927

1 322 929

Business

1 765

1 677

1 701

Residential

2 161

2 116

2 135

Total

3 926

3 793

3 836

Number of fax lines (thousand working lines) Telephone lines per 1 000 population:

411

410

375

**

583

555

556#

Public mobile radiotelephone subscribers

632

695

747#

per 1 000 population(1)**

[847]

[1 250]

[1 369]#

Public radio paging subscribers per 1 000 population** Outward external telephone traffic (million minutes) Number of licensed Internet Service Providers (ISPs) Number of customers of the licensed

38

19

18#

3 487

5 638

6 542

257

186

180

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

Registered customer accounts with dial-up

access(2) (thousands)

Registered broadband Internet access customer

2 018

975

945

623

1 648

1 744

accounts (thousands)

Internet traffic volume

Customer access via public switched telephone

11 056

1 060

619

networks(3) (million minutes)

Customer access via broadband networks (terabits)

73 607

5 392 294

7 794 032

Notes: (1) Excluding pre-paid SIM cards. Figures including pre-paid SIM cards are presented in square brackets.

(2) Excluding Internet pre-paid calling cards.

(3) Excluding customer access via leased circuits.

Sources: Hong Kong Post.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2921 2806)

Office of the Telecommunications Authority. (Enquiry Telephone No.: 2961 6740)