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Appendices

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Table 39

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

Access to Information and Communication Technology

2010

2014

2015

Number of telephone lines(1) (thousands)

Business

1,854

1,839*

1,855

Residential

2,407

2,483

2,356

Total

4,260

4,322*

4,211

Number of fixed telephone lines per 1,000 population

604

595

575#

Number of facsimile lines (thousands)

260

188

177

Number of public mobile subscribers(2) (thousands)

13,416

17,372

16,775

[6,816]

[7,851]

[7,972]

Public mobile subscribers per 1,000 population(2)

1,902

2,391

2,290#

[967]

[1,080]

[1,088]#

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

(thousands)

6,249

12,766

14,776

Average volume of mobile data usage

296

1,242

1,354

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)

184

201

215

Registered customer accounts with dial-up access(7)

742

239

200

(thousands)

Registered broadband internet access customer

2,127

2,269

2,336

accounts (thousands)

Fixed internet subscribers per 1,000 population

407

345

347#

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))

Notes:

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

(1) Figures include direct dialling in lines, facsimile lines, datel lines and subscribers of Internet Protocol telephony/

voice-over-IP 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 returns from the ISPs and do not include users who are not customers of the

licensed ISPs.

(7) Excluding internet pre-paid calling cards.

*

Revised figures.

302

312

319#

745

1,742

1,931#

620.9

2,927.6

4,198.0#

#

Provisional figures.

Source: Office of the Communications Authority

(For enquiries, please call 2961 6742.)

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