Telecommunication Indicators in Hong Kong for the fiscal year ending 31 March 2011

Demography, Economy

Population

7.102 Million

Households

2.345 Million

Telephone Network

Main telephone lines in operation

4.27 Million

% digital main lines

100%

% residential main lines

56.47%    

Public payphones

4,724    

Mobile Services

Cellular mobile telephone subscribers

13.793 Million

Digital cellular subscribers

13.793 Million

Percentage of population (%)

194.2 %

Other Services

ISDN subscribers

10,179    

ISDN B channel equivalents 

83,931      

Traffic

International outgoing telephone (minutes)

7.64 Billion

International incoming telephone (minutes)

2.7 Billion

International bothway telephone (minutes)

10.34 Billion

Staff

Full-time telecommunication staff 17,039

Tariffs

Connection fee for residential telephone service (HK$)

0

Connection fee for business telephone service (HK$)

0

Monthly subscription for residential telephone service (HK$)

66

Monthly subscription for business telephone service (HK$)

78

Revenue

Total telecom services revenue (HK$) (for the period from 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2010) 57,333 Million

Capital Expenditure

Annual telecom investment (HK$) (for the period from 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2010) 7,673 Million

Broadcasting

Terrestrial Multi-channel TV subscriptions

3,179,313

Home satellite antennas

19,946

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

Telecommunication Indicators in Hong Kong for the fiscal years 1993/94 to 2010/11