| 16-42 Level of Postal and Telecommunication Services | |||||
| Item | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| Postal Services Available | |||||
| Average Area Served by Every | |||||
| Post Office (sq.km) | 123.8 | 148.8 | 142.4 | 145.6 | 152.9 |
| Average People Served by Every Post office | |||||
| (10 000 persons) | 1.70 | 2.02 | 1.95 | 1.97 | 2.09 |
| Annual Average Number of Letters | |||||
| Mailed per Capita (piece) | 8.30 | 8.08 | 6.41 | 5.66 | 5.50 |
| Annual Average Number of Newspaper and | |||||
| Magazine Subscribed per 100 Persons (piece) | 13.9 | 12.9 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 11.2 |
| Percentage of Townships with Postal and | |||||
| Telecommunication Offices (%) | 81.9 | 82.8 | 82.4 | 83.8 | 76.2 |
| Percentage of Administrative Village with Postal | |||||
| Communication (%) | 97.80 | 97.98 | 97.73 | 98.96 | 99.40 |
| Telecommunication Services Available | |||||
| Number of Country (Territory) Roamed through | |||||
| Mobile Telephone (unit) | 116 | 155 | 184 | 203 | 219 |
| Popularization Rate of Telephone (include mobile | |||||
| telephone) (sets/100 persons) | 33.60 | 42.16 | 50.03 | 57.22 | 63.40 |
| Popularization Rate of Mobile Telephone | |||||
| (sets/100 persons) | 16.10 | 21.02 | 25.91 | 30.26 | 35.30 |
| Per 1 000 Person Public Telephone (Sets) | 7.67 | 12.08 | 17.14 | 20.63 | 22.64 |
| Percentage of Administrative Village with | 97.10 | 98.90 | |||
| Telephone (%) | |||||
| Percentage of Administrative Village with | 87.90 | 89.94 | 91.18 | 94.40 | 95.90 |
| Fixed Telephone (%) | |||||