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Table 39

Appendices

6

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

Access to Information and Communication Technology

2009

2013

2014

Number of telephone lines(1) (thousands)

Business

1,829

1,839

1,838

Residential

2,360

2,478

2,483

Total

4,188

4,317

4,321

Number of fixed telephone lines per 1,000 population

599

598

595#

Number of facsimile lines (thousands)

286

202

188

Number of public mobile subscribers(2) (thousands)

12,207

17,194

17,372

[6,377]

[7,847]

[7,851]

Public mobile subscribers per 1,000 population(2)

1,745

2,381

2,391#

[912]

[1,087]

[1,081]#

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

(thousands)

5,004

12,352*

12,766

Average volume of mobile data usage

128

977*

1,242

per 2.5G/3G/4G subscriber per month(4) (megabytes)

Number of licensed internet service providers (ISPs)(5)

189

197

201

Number of customers of licensed ISPs(6)

Registered customer accounts with dial-up access(7)

644

462

239

(thousands)

Registered broadband internet access customer

2,033

2,232

2,269

accounts (thousands)

Fixed internet subscribers per 1,000 population

383

373

346#

Fixed broadband internet subscribers

291

309

312#

per 1,000 population

Mobile broadband subscribers per 1,000 population

546

1,677

1,743#

International internet bandwidth per person(4)

566.6

1,881.7

2,928.6#

(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.

**Q

#

Provisional figures. Revised figures.

Source: Office of the Communications Authority

(For enquiries, please call 2961 6742.)

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