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Table 41

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

Access to Information and Communication Technology

2006

2010

2011

Number of telephone lines(1) (thousands)

Business

1 701

1 854

1 840

Residential

2 135

2 407

2412

Total

3 836

4 260

4 252

Number of fixed telephone lines per 1 000 population' Number of facsimile lines (thousands)

**

556

604

599#

375

260

233

Number of public mobile subscribers(2) (thousands)

9 444

13 416

14 931

[5 153]

[6 816]

[7 166]

Public mobile subscribers per 1 000 population(2)**

1 368

1 902

2 102#

[746]

[967]

[1 009]#

Number of 2.5G/3G public mobile subscribers(3)

(thousands)

Average volume of mobile data usage

per 2.5G/3G subcriber per month(4) (megabytes) Number of licensed Internet service providers (ISPs)(5) Number of customers of licensed ISPs

2 207

6 249

8 127

4

296

509

199

184

185

Registered customer accounts with dial-up access(6)

(thousands)

632

742

789

Registered broadband Internet access customer

1 717

2 127

2 245

accounts (thousands)

Fixed Internet subscribers per 1 000 population**

341

407

427#

Fixed broadband Internet subscribers

249

302

316#

per 1 000 population**

Mobile broadband subscriptions per 1 000 population** International Internet bandwidth per person(4)**

193

745

1 044#

184.3

620.9

914.2#

(kilobits per second (kbps))

Notes: Unless otherwise specified, figures are as at end of the year.

(1) Figures include direct dialing in lines, facsimile lines, datel lines and Internet Protocol (IP) telephony/

voice-over-IP (VoIP) services.

(2) Including pre-paid SIM cards. Figures excluding pre-paid SIM cards are presented in square brackets. (3) Figures include subscribers of pre-paid SIM cards.

(4) Figures refer to December of the respective years.

(5) Including all licensees authorised to provide Internet access services.

(6) Excluding Internet pre-paid calling cards.

Source: Office of the Telecommunications Authority (to be replaced by the Office of the Communications

Authority with effect from 1 April 2012.)

(For enquiries, please call 2961 6652.)