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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

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2005

2009

2010

1 274

1 312

1 280

927

1 254

1 329

1 677

1 829

1 854

Residential

Total

Number of fax lines (thousands)

Telephone lines per 1 000 population

2 116

2 360

2 407

3 793

4 188

4 260

410

286

260

555

595

600#

Public mobile radio-telephone subscribers

per 1 000 population(2)

Outward external telephone traffic volume

(million minutes)

695

907

960#

[1 250]

[1 736]

[1 890]#

5 638

7 759

7 727

Number of licensed Internet service providers (ISPs)(3) Number of customers of licensed ISPs

198

189

184

Registered customer accounts with dial-up

975

644*

742

access(4) (thousands)

Registered broadband Internet access customer

1 648

2 033*

2 127

accounts (thousands)

Internet traffic volume

Customer access via public switched telephone

1 060

259

179

networks(5) (million minutes)

Customer access via broadband networks

674 037

1 435 691

1 652 942

(terabytes)(6)

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. (6) 1 terabyte

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Sources: Hong Kong Post.

8 terabits.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2921 2264)

Office of the Telecommunications Authority.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2961 6652)