16-45 Level of Post and Telecommunication Services
Item	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Post and Communication Level
Average Area Served by Every
Post Office (sq.km)	144.0	135.3	168.0	123.8	148.8
Average People Served by Every Post office
(10 000 persons)	1.87	1.70	2.20	1.70	2.02
Annual Average Number of Letters
Mailed per Capita (piece)	4.90	6.40	6.90	8.30	8.08
Annual Average Number of Newspaper and
Magazine Subscribed per 100 Persons (piece)	20.0	16.4	17.2	13.9	12.9
Percentage of Townships with Post and
Telecommunication Offices (%)	79.4	78.7	77.6	81.9	82.8
Percentage of Administrative Village with Post
Communication (%)			94.45	97.80	97.98
Communication Level of Telecommunications
Number of County (City) Covered by GSM				2025	2813
Number of County (City) Covered by CDMA				2012	2142
Number of Country (Territory) Roamed through
Mobile Telephone (unit)			90	116	155
Popularization Rate of Mobile Telephone
(sets/100 persons)	3.50	6.77	11.20	16.10	21.02
Popularization Rate of Telephone
(sets/100 persons)	13.00	20.10	25.90	33.60	42.16
Per 1 000 Person Public Telephone (Sets)		0.22	0.27	7.70	12.16
Percentage of Administrative Village with
Telephone (%)		82.90	85.30	87.90	89.94