Telecommunication Indicators in Hong Kong for the fiscal year ending 31 March 2007

Demography, Economy

Population 6.909 Million
Households 2.237 Million

Telephone Network

Main telephone lines in operation 3.849 Million
% digital main lines 100%
% residential main lines 55.57%
Public payphones 6,182

Mobile Services

Cellular mobile telephone subscribers 9.356 Million
Digital cellular subscribers 9.356 Million
Percentage of population (%) 135.4%

Other Services

ISDN subscribers 13,121
ISDN B channel equivalents  79,458

Traffic

International outgoing telephone (minutes) 6.747 Billion
International incoming telephone (minutes) 2.291 Billion
International bothway telephone (minutes) 9.038 Billion

Staff

Full-time telecommunication staff 17,935

Tariffs

Connection fee for residential telephone service (HK$) 0
Connection fee for business telephone service (HK$) 0
Monthly subscription for residential telephone service (HK$) 65.3
Monthly subscription for business telephone service (HK$) 106

Revenue

Total telecom services revenue (HK$) (for the period from 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2006) 52,811 Million

Capital Expenditure

Annual telecom investment (HK$) (for the period from 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2006) 6,047 Million

Broadcasting

Cable TV subscribers 1,530,000
Home satellite antennas 1,815

Remarks:
See Annex 1 for the definition of the indicators.

Telecommunication Indicators in Hong Kong for the fiscal years 1993/94 to 2006/07