| Total Fixed Line Subscribers |
1,668,400 |
1,677,900 |
1,684,900 |
1,688,700 |
1,693,300 |
1,698,300 |
| Fixed Line Penetration Rate |
53.8 |
54.1 |
54.3 |
54.4 |
54.6 |
53.7 |
| Total Mobile Phone Subscribers |
776,800 |
799,500 |
848,600 |
864,100 |
876,400 |
903,200 |
| Mobile Phone Penetration Rate1 |
25.0 |
25.8 |
27.3 |
27.8 |
28.2 |
28.6 |
| Total Paging Subscribers |
1,326,300 |
1,342,200 |
1,348,400 |
1,351,700 |
1,361,800 |
1,364,300 |
| Paging Penetration Rate1 |
42.7 |
43.2 |
43.5 |
43.6 |
43.9 |
43.1 |
| Total Internet Dial-up Subscribers |
276,600 |
285,500 |
296,600 |
306,700 |
316,700 |
328,800 |
| Total Internet Leased Circuit Subscribers 2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| International Outgoing Traffic (IDD) |
18.3m |
19.0m |
21.2m |
19.9m |
20.6m |
20.4m |
| IDD Cumulative |
18.3m |
37.3m |
58.5m |
78.4m |
99.0m |
119.4m |
| Total Mobile Data Subscribers2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Total Trunked Radio Subscribers2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
All subscriber figures rounded to the nearest hundred.
All penetration figures rounded to the nearest decimal point.
1 Penetration rate figures from
June 98 onwards have been re-computed, taking into account the revised population figures recently released by the Department of Statistics.
2 Monthly figures on these services have been made available
only from October 98 onwards.