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Table 41

(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(1) (thousands)

Business

Residential

Total

Number of fax lines (thousand working lines) Telephone lines per 1 000 population Public mobile radiotelephone subscribers

per 1 000 population(2)

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

Internet service providers (ISPs)

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2003

2007

2008

1 258

1 404

1 395

946

1 046

1 189

1 701

1 807

1 834

2 119

2 282

2 274

3 820

4 089

4 108

491

352

319

565

588

586#

652

820

869#

[1 064]

[1 523]

[1 623]#

26

20

17#

4 233

201

7 239

7 657

173

169

Registered customer accounts with dial-up

1 084

960

955

access(3) (thousands)

Registered broadband Internet access customer

accounts (thousands)

1 231

1 880

1 948

Internet traffic volume

Customer access via public switched telephone

3 564

404

305

networks(4) (million minutes)

Customer access via broadband networks(5) (terabits)

933 728

9 572 815

10 312 632

Notes: (1) As from 2007, figures include the Internet Protocol (IP) telephony/voice-over-IP (VoIP) services.

Excluding pre-paid SIM cards. Figures including pre-paid SIM cards are presented in square brackets. (3) Excluding Internet pre-paid calling cards.

(4) Excluding customer access via leased circuits.

(5) Broadband Internet access service refers to service with the capacity to transmit data at the rate of 1.5 Mbps or above using technologies of Digital Subscriber Line (xDSL), Local Multipoint Distribution Services (LMDS), Fibre-to-the-Building (FTTB), cable modem or other technologies.

Sources: Hong Kong Post.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2922 5116)

Office of the Telecommunications Authority. (Enquiry Telephone No.: 2961 6742)