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23-19 Communications
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Item |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
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Postal
Services
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Letter
Mail
(million articles) |
1175 |
1273 |
1257 |
1269 |
1341 |
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Parcels
(thousands) |
1678 |
1425 |
1125 |
1027 |
975 |
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Telephone
Services① |
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(thousand
working lines)
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Residential
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2028 |
2098 |
2159 |
2190 |
2210 |
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Business
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1374 |
1526 |
1549 |
1649 |
1736 |
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Total
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3402 |
3624 |
3708 |
3839 |
3946 |
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FAX①
(thousand working lines) |
308 |
343 |
360 |
384 |
404 |
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External
Telephone Traffic Volume |
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(thousand
minutes) |
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Outgoing②③
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1737513 |
1738236 |
1718519 |
2550112 |
3074885 |
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Incoming④
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1844556 |
2120480 |
1957619 |
1679222 |
1858045 |
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External Telex Traffic Volume |
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(thousand minutes)
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Outward
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15637 |
8652 |
6119 |
4073 |
3047 |
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Inward
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11652 |
8724 |
5758 |
4129 |
3230 |
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Transit
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9697 |
10976 |
7713 |
5348 |
3628 |
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Internal
Telex Traffic(thousand minutes) |
18641 |
17148 |
13131 |
9832 |
7289 |
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Public
Telegram Traffic (thousand messages)
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Outward
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72 |
52 |
37 |
27 |
21 |
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Inward
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49 |
34 |
20 |
12 |
8 |
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Inland
Telegram
(thousand messages) |
14 |
11 |
9 |
15 |
1 |
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Public Radio
Paging Receivers①(numbers) |
1089904 |
932854 |
571800 |
342058 |
327768 |
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Public Mobile
Radiotelephone Subscriber |
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Units①⑤
(numbers) |
1210680 |
2085600 |
2767941 |
3650238 |
4173318 |
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( -) |
(2127935) |
(2898077) |
(3989750) |
(5234370) |
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Notes:
①Figures are
as at end of the year. |
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②Figures
include facsimile and data. |
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③Figures
prior to 1999 refer to voice traffic only. |
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④Estimated
figures. |
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⑤Excluding
pre-paid SIM cards. Figures including prepaid SIM cards are presented in
brackets. |
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