15-42  Level of Postal and Telecommunication Services
Item 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
                                                                                             
Postal Services Available                                        
   Average Area Served by Every Postal Office    (sq.km) 148.8 142.4 145.6 152.9 135.9
   Average People Served by Every Postal Office  (10 000 persons) 2.02 1.95 1.97 2.09 1.90
   Annual Average Number of Letters                         8.08 6.41 5.66 5.50 5.30
      Mailed per Capita                                     (piece)
   Annual Average Number of Newspaper and           12.9 11.4 11.2 11.2 9.9
     Magazine Subscribed per 100 Persons      (piece)
   Percentage of Townships with Postal Offices  (%) 82.8 82.4 83.8 76.2 85.5
   Percentage of Administrative Village with Posts(%) 97.98 97.73 98.96 99.40 98.40
Telecommunication Services Available                
   Number of Country (Territory) Roamed through    155 184 203 219 231
     Mobile Telephone                                        (unit)
   Popularization Rate of Telephone (Include Mobile 42.16 50.03 57.22 63.40 69.45
     Telephone)                               (sets/100 persons)
   Popularization Rate of Mobile Telephone  (sets/100 persons) 21.02 25.91 30.26 35.30 41.64
   Public Telephone owned Per 1 000 Person     (set) 12.08 17.14 20.63 22.64 22.76
   Percentage of Administrative Village with              97.1 98.9 99.5
      Telephone                                                      (%)
   Percentage of Administrative Village with              89.94 91.18 94.40 95.87 96.74
      Fixed Telephone                                            (%)