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Table 40

Appendices

6

(Chapter 16: The Media, Communications and Information Technology)

Access to Information and Communication Technology

2008

2012

2013

Number of telephone lines(1) (thousands)

Business

1,834

1,844

1,839

Residential

2,274

2,404

2,478

Total

4,108

4,247

4,317

Number of fixed telephone lines per 1,000 population

590

592

598#

Number of facsimile lines (thousands)

319

214

202

Number of public mobile subscribers(2) (thousands)

11,374

16,393

17,194

[6,090]

[7,634]

[7,847]

Public mobile subscribers per 1,000 population(2)

1,633

2,284

2,382#

[875]

[1,064]

[1,087]#

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

(thousands)

3,491

10,063

12,115

Average volume of mobile data usage

38

763

997

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

192

186

197

Registered customer accounts with dial-up access(7)

621

794

462

(thousands)

Registered broadband internet access customer

1,921

2,265

2,232

accounts (thousands)

Fixed internet subscribers per 1,000 population

365

426

373#

Fixed broadband internet subscribers

276

315

309#

per 1,000 population

Mobile broadband subscribers per 1,000 population

404

1,307

1,642#

International internet bandwidth per person(4)

499.0

1,314.4

1,882.3#

(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 subscribers of 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) 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.

# Provisional figures.

Source: Office of the Communications Authority

(For enquiries, please call 2961 6742.)

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