Statistics on Telecom Services for 1998 (Jan - Jun)

CATEGORY	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN
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.

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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.