| 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 (%) | |||||