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Appendices

6

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

Access to Information and Communication Technology

2007

2011

2012

Number of telephone lines(1) (thousands)

Business

1,807

1,840

1,844

Residential

2,282

2,412

2,404

Total

4,089

4,252

4,247

Number of fixed telephone lines per 1,000 population

589

598

592#

Number of facsimile lines (thousands)

352

233

214

Number of public mobile subscribers(2) (thousands)

10,589

14,931

16,393

[5,698]

[7,166]

[7,634]

Public mobile subscribers per 1,000 population(2)

1,526

2,099

2,285#

[821]

[1,008]

[1,064]#

Number of 2.5G/3G/4G public mobile subscribers(3)

(thousands)

2,947

8,127

10,063

Average volume of mobile data usage

11

509

763

per 2.5G/3G/4G subcriber per month(4) (megabytes) Number of licensed Internet service providers (ISPs)(5) Number of customers of licensed ISPs(6)

191

185

186

Registered customer accounts with dial-up access(7)

634

789

794

(thousands)

Registered broadband Internet access customer

1,853

2,245

2,265

accounts (thousands)

Fixed Internet subscribers per 1,000 population

Fixed broadband Internet subscribers

per 1,000 population

Mobile broadband subscribers per 1,000 population

International Internet bandwidth per person(4)

(kilobits per second (kbps))

359

427

427#

267

316

316#

289

1,043

1,308#

266.0

913.1

1,315.1#

Notes:

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

(1)

(2)

Figures include direct dialing in lines, facsimile lines, datel lines and Internet Protocol (IP) telephony/voice-over-IP (VoIP) services.

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)

Estimated figures are based on the return from the ISPs and do not include users who are not customers of the licensed ISPs.

(7)

Excluding Internet pre-paid calling cards.

Source: Office of the Communications Authority

(For enquiries, please call 2961 6742)

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