25-18  Communications
           
Item 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
           
Postal Services          
    Mails (10 000) 2090 2108 2217r 2482r 2629
    Parcels (10 000) 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7
Telephone Service (10 000)          
    Fixed Lines 17.6 17.5 17.4 17.4 17.7
    Mobile Telephone Lines 17.3 19.9 22.8 25.9 30.2
    Stored Value GSM Cards 10.3 16.5 20.4 27.3 33.5
International Calls (10 000 minutes)          
    Outgoing 15408 15274 16999r 18297r 21519
    Incoming 11345 12981 11800r 12540r 13250
Pagers (No.) 4627 3453 2728 2513 1891
Internet Service          
    Registered Subscribers 46874 59401 77174 88592 105283
    Total Hours Used (10 000) 2738 3859 5383 7918 12152
           
 
Note: Figure refers to the period of January to October 2006 only.