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Statistics on Telecom Services for 2001 (Jul - Dec)

 

CATEGORY JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
Fixed Line Market
Total Number Telephone Lines 1,950,100 1,950,700 1,948,400 1,949,500 1,948,300 1,948,500
Fixed Line Population Penetration Rate 47.2 47.2 47.2 47.2 47.1 47.2
Mobile Market
Total Mobile subscribers 3,020,300 3,079,300 3,080,400 3,076,900 2,769,200 2,858,800
GSM 900 subscribers 2,170,900 2,230,800 2,223,500 2,212,000 2,021,700 2,097,600
GSM1800 subscribers 822,200 843,900 856,900 865,000 747,500 761,200
CDMA subscribers 27,300 4,600 - - - -
Total Pre-Paid SIM Card subscribers1 962,800 987,100 967,000 943,200 659,900 683,600
Mobile Population Penetration Rate 73.1 74.5 74.6 74.5 67.0 69.2
Paging Market2
Total Paging subscribers 591,300 565,500 544,000 521,900 503,000 481,600
Numeric subscribers 442,000 421,000 404,500 387,300 373,100 356,100
Alphanumeric subscribers 149,300 144,500 139,400 134,600 130,000 125,600
Paging Penetration 14.3 13.7 13.2 12.6 12.2 11.7
Internet Market
Total Internet Dial-up subscribers3 1,915,800 1,918,300 1,917,700 1,919,500 1,919,700 1,917,900
Internet Dial-up Population Penetration Rate^ 46.4 46.4 46.4 46.5 46.5 46.4
Total Internet Leased Circuit subscribers 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,006 4,018
International Telephone Service4
No. of International Telephone call minutes 211.96 million 211.63 million 208.16 million 226.75 million 234.24 million 239.63 million
Trunked Radio Services
Total Trunked Radio subscribers 52,500 53,000 52,900 54,200 53,900 54,300
Analogue subscribers 8,100 7,900 7,600 7,600 7,300 7,300
Digital subscribers 44,400 45,200 45,200 46,600 46,600 47,000
Mobile Data Services5
Total Mobile Data subscribers 12,600 12,600 12,700 12,700 12,600 12,700

All subscriber figures rounded to the nearest hundred.

All penetration figures rounded to the nearest decimal point.

These telecom statistics are subject to revision from time to time to ensure accuracy.

Please note that the fall in "Internet Dial-up Subscriptions" from May 2001 onwards was a result of a database correction of an Internet Service Provider, to remove from its system discontinued dial-up Internet accounts for the period of December 1999 - August 2000 that were not previously deleted.

1 The pre-paid SIM card subscriber base figures are included in the total number of mobile phone subscribers as well as in the total number of GSM900 and GSM1800 subscriber bases.

2 Paging figures from Jan 99 onwards have been re-computed based on updated data information.

3 The Internet Dial-up Penetration figures includes: (i) subscribers to paid Internet access service for all IASPs, including ISDN dial-up subscribers; and (ii) subscribers to free Internet access. Following full telecom market liberalisation, the number of IASPs have increased considerably. Starting Jan 2001, the published figures on the internet dial-up market include contributions from such new IASPs.

4 This figure includes total retail outgoing international call minutes as well as transit minutes and. includes all Service-Based Operators (SBO).

5 Mobile data services refer to services provided by licensees that offer Public Mobile Data Services (PMDS) under their Facilities-Based Operator (FBO) licence. Subscribers to such PMDS services include fleet management companies, dispatch service agencies etc.

LAST UPDATED: 30 JUL 2021