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Table 39

(Chapter 17: Media and Communications)

Appendices

6

Access to Information and Communication Technology

2012

2016

2017

Number of telephone lines(1) (thousands)

Business

1,846

1,845

1,826

Residential

2,404

2,362

2,325

Total

4,249

4,207

4,151

Number of fixed telephone lines per 1,000 population

593

570

560#

Number of facsimile lines (thousands)

214

167

161

Number of public mobile subscribers(2) (thousands)

16,393

17,233

18,340

[7,634]

[8,161]

[8,347]

Public mobile subscribers per 1,000 population(2)

2,286

2,336

2,475#

[1,065]

[1,106]

[1,127]#

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

(thousands)

10,359

15,828

17,053

Average volume of mobile data usage

741

1,478

1,787

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

(megabytes)

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

186

225

233

Number of customers of licensed ISPs(6)

Registered customer accounts with dial-up access(7)

794

191

141

(thousands)

Registered broadband internet access customer

2,265

2,612

2,646

accounts (thousands)

Fixed internet subscribers per 1,000 population

427

380

376#

Fixed broadband internet subscribers

per 1,000 population

Mobile broadband subscribers per 1,000 population

International internet bandwidth per person

316

354

357#

1,352

2,112

2,280#

1,315.7

6,110.4

7,821.4#

(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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