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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 (thousands)

Telephone lines per 1 000 population

per 1 000 population(2)

Public mobile radio-telephone subscribers

Outward external telephone traffic volume

(million minutes)

Number of licensed Internet service providers(3)

Appendices I 489

2004

2008

2009

1 273 938

1 396*

1 312

1 189

1 254

1 662

1 834

1 829

2 118

2 274

2 360

3 780

4 108

4 188

456

319

286

556

588

596#

673

871

908#

[1 200]

[1 627]

[1 737]#

4 937

7 657

7 759

200*

192*

189

Number of customers of licensed

Internet service providers

Registered customer accounts with dial-up

1 004

955

980

access(4) (thousands)

Registered broadband Internet access customer

accounts (thousands)

1 484

1 948

2 060

Internet traffic volume

Customer access via public switched telephone

1 897

305

259

networks(5) (million minutes)

Customer access via broadband networks (terabits)

2 949 652

10 312 632

11 485 518

Notes: (1) Include direct dialing in lines, facsimile lines, datel lines and Internet Protocol (IP) telephony/voice-

over-IP (VoIP) services.

(2) Excluding pre-paid SIM cards. Figures including pre-paid SIM cards are presented in square brackets. (3) Including all licensees authorised to provide Internet access services.

(4) Excluding Internet pre-paid calling cards.

(5) Excluding customer access via leased circuits and broadband services.

Sources: Hong Kong Post.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2922 5116)

Office of the Telecommunications Authority.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2961 6742)