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Table 39

(Chapter 17: Media and Communications)

Appendices

6

Access to Information and Communication Technology

2011

2015

2016

Number of telephone lines(1) (thousands)

Business

1,840

1,855

1,845

Residential

2,412

2,356

2,362

Total

4,252

4,211

4,207

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

**

598

576

570#

233

177

167

Number of public mobile subscribers(2) (thousands)

14,931

16,775

17,233

[7,166]

[7,972]

[8,161]

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

2,100

2,295

2,337#

[1,008]

[1,091]

[1,107]#

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

(thousands)

8,423

14,776

15,828

Average volume of mobile data usage

491

1,354

1,478

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

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

185

215

225

Number of customers of licensed ISPs(6)

Registered customer accounts with dial-up access(7)

789

200

191

(thousands)

Registered broadband internet access customer

2,245

2,336

2,612

accounts (thousands)

Fixed internet subscribers per 1,000 population**

427

347

380#

Fixed broadband internet subscribers

316

320

354#

per 1,000 population**

Mobile broadband subscribers per 1,000 population** International internet bandwidth per person

1,043

1,935

2,113#

913.5

4,206.4

6,112.2#

(kilobits per second)**

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.

#

Provisional figures.

Source: Office of the Communications Authority

(For enquiries, please call 2961 6742.)

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