Appendix 6 Table 40 (Chapter 17: Communications, the Media and Information Technology)   Communications and Internet Services     2000   2004   2005   Postal services               Letter mail (million articles) 1 341   1 273 * 1 274     Parcels (thousands) 975   938   927                         Telecommunications and Internet Services               Telephone lines (thousands)                 Business 1 736   1 662   1 677       Residential 2 210   2 118   2 116       Total 3 946   3 780   3 793     Number of fax lines (thousand working lines) 404   456   410     Telephone lines per 1 000 population 588   547   544     Public mobile radiotelephone subscribers 622   662   682       per 1 000 population(1) [780]   [1 180]   [1 226]     Public radio paging subscribers per 1 000 population 49   23   19     Outward external telephone traffic (million minutes) 3 075   4 937   5 638     Number of licensed Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 235   188   186     Number of customers of the licensed                 Internet Service Providers (ISPs)                 Registered customer accounts with dial-up 2 283   1 004   975          access(2) (thousands)                 Registered broadband Internet access customer 392   1 484   1 648         accounts (thousands)               Internet traffic volume                 Customer access via public switched telephone 14 989   1 897   1 060         networks(3) (million minutes)                 Customer access via broadband networks (terabits) —   2 949 652   5 392 294       Notes: (1) Excluding pre-paid SIM cards. Figures including pre-paid SIM cards are presented in square brackets. (2) Excluding Internet pre-paid calling cards. (3) Excluding customer access via leased circuits. Sources: Hong Kong Post. (Enquiry Telephone No.: 2921 2231) Office of the Telecommunications Authority. (Enquiry Telephone No.: 2961 6652)