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1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
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Postal
Services
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Letter
Mail
(100 million articles) |
12.7 |
13.4 |
13.6 |
12.7 |
12.7 |
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Parcels (10
000 pcs) |
102.7 |
97.5 |
92.3 |
92.8 |
94.6 |
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Telephone
Services①(10 000 working lines) |
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Residential
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219.0 |
221.0 |
216.1 |
213.4 |
211.9 |
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Business |
164.9 |
173.6 |
176.5 |
170.8 |
170.1 |
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Total
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383.9 |
394.6 |
392.6 |
384.2 |
382.0 |
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FAX①
(10 000 working lines) |
38.4 |
40.4 |
41.1 |
54.6 |
49.1 |
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External
Telephone Traffic Volume |
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(10 000 minutes) |
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Outgoing②③
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255011 |
307489 |
348729 |
395090 |
423260 |
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Incoming④
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167922 |
185805 |
194235 |
175599 |
167620 |
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External Telex Traffic
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(10 000 minutes) |
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Outward
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407.3 |
304.7 |
195.4 |
150.1 |
92.9 |
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Inward
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412.9 |
323.0 |
247.1 |
229.1 |
162.9 |
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Transit
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534.8 |
362.8 |
303.6 |
212.2 |
142.4 |
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Internal
Telex Traffic (10 000 minutes) |
983.2 |
728.9 |
530.7 |
294.9 |
206.9 |
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Public
Telegram Traffic (10 000 messages) |
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Outward
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2.7 |
2.1 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
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Inward |
1.2 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
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Inland
Telegram
(10 000 messages) |
1.5 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.005 |
0.007 |
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Public Radio
Paging Receivers①(numbers) |
342058 |
327768 |
253215 |
197405 |
177926 |
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Public
Mobile Radiotelephone Subscriber |
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Units①⑤
(numbers) |
3650238 |
4173318 |
4256422 |
4207465 |
4407569 |
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(3989750) |
(5234370) |
(5701686) |
(6218984) |
(7194335) |
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Internet
Services |
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No. of Licensed Internet
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Providers (ISPs)① |
159 |
235 |
259 |
236 |
201 |
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No. of Customers of
Licensed Internet |
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Service Providers
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Registered Customer Accounts with Dial-up |
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Access (Excluding Internet Pre-paid Calling |
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Cards)⑦ |
1734254 |
2283047 |
2018238 |
1371705 |
1084368 |
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Internet
Pre-paid Calling Cards for Dial-up |
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Access |
117496 |
38708 |
18569 |
14978 |
20411 |
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Registered Customer Accounts with Leased |
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Line Access⑦ |
7495 |
11527 |
7066 |
3439 |
2739 |
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Registered Broadband Internet Access |
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Customer Accounts⑦⑧⑨ |
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392118 |
623302 |
989115 |
1230607 |
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Internet Traffic Volume⑥ |
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Customer Access via Public Switched |
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Telephone Networks⑩
(10 000 minutes) |
1092312 |
1498859 |
1105581 |
555023 |
3563943 |
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Customer Access via Broadband |
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Networks⑨⑾
(terabits) |
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2909 |
73607 |
215296 |
933728 |
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Notes:①Figures are as at end of the year. ②Figures include facsimile and data. ③Figures prior to 1999 refer to voice traffic
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⑤Excluding pre-paid SIM cards. Figures
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⑥Estimated figures are based on the return from
the ISPs and do not include users who are not customers on the licensed ISPs. |
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⑦Registered customer accounts refer to the
customer accounts of ISPs (including those free-of-charge customer
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customer account which has more than one user login ID, it is counted
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customer accounts which are provided with e-mail addresses only. |
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⑧Figures were first available in February 2000. |
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⑨Broadband Internet access refers to services
with downloading speed of 1 Mbps or above using cable modem, ATM
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transfer mode), ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line), DSL (digital
subscriber line) or other technologies. |
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⑩ Not including customer access via leased
circuits and broadband services. |
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⑾Figures were first available in November 2000. |
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