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Appendices

6

(Chapter 17: Media and Communications)

Access to Information and Communication Technology

2013

2017

2018

Number of telephone lines(1) (thousands)

Business

1,841

1,826

1,813

Residential

2,478

2,325

2,286

Total

4,319

4,151

4,099

Number of fixed telephone lines per 1,000 population

599

560

548#

Number of facsimile lines (thousands)

202

161

154

Number of public mobile subscribers(2)(3) (thousands)

17,194

18,340

19,367

[7,847]

[8,347]

[8,398]

Public mobile subscribers per 1,000 population(2)(3)

2,384

2,474

2,588#

[1,088]

[1,126]

[1,122)#

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

(thousands)

12,352

17,053

18,573

Average volume of mobile data usage

978

2,147

2,666

per 2.5G/3G/4G subscriber per month(3)(5) (megabytes)

Number of licensed internet service providers (ISPs)(6)

197

233

251

Number of customers of licensed ISPs(7)

Registered customer accounts with dial-up access(8)

462

141

52

(thousands)

Registered broadband internet access customer

2,232

2,646

2,699

accounts (thousands)

Fixed internet subscribers per 1,000 population

374

376

368#

Fixed broadband internet subscribers

per 1,000 population

Mobile broadband subscribers per 1,000 population

International internet bandwidth per person

310

357

361#

1,713

2,300

2,482#

1,884.6

8,241.5

9,868.6#

(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 (IP) telephony/

voice-over-IP services.

(2) Including pre-paid SIM cards. Figures excluding pre-paid SIM cards are presented in square brackets.

(3) Figures for 2013 and 2017 refer to the end of December of the respective years, whereas figures for 2018 refer to the

end of October 2018.

(4) Figures include subscribers of pre-paid SIM cards.

(5) Figures refer to December of the respective years.

(6) Including all licensees authorised to provide internet access services.

(7) Estimated figures are based on returns from the ISPs and do not include users who are not customers of the

licensed ISPs.

(8) Excluding internet pre-paid calling cards.

Provisional figures.

Source: Office of the Communications Authority

(For enquiries, please call 2961 6333.)

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