Demography
| Population |
Population (Note 1) |
7.521 Million |
| Households |
Households (Note 1) |
2.614 Million |
Telephone Network
| Main telephone lines in operation |
Main telephone lines in operation |
4.03 Million |
| >% digital main lines |
% digital main lines |
100% |
| % residential main lines |
% residential main lines |
55.90% |
| Public payphones |
Public payphones |
2,571 |
Mobile Services
| Public mobile subscriptions |
Public mobile subscriptions |
23.21 Million |
| Mobile subscriber penetration rate (%) |
Mobile subscriber penetration rate (%) |
275% |
| Dedicated mobile data connections with download speeds higher than 256kbps |
Dedicated mobile data connections with download speeds higher than 256kbps |
2.87 Million |
Other Services
| ISDN subscriptions |
ISDN subscriptions |
6,681 |
| ISDN B channel equivalents |
ISDN B channel equivalents |
105,531 |
Traffic
| International outgoing telephone (minutes) |
International outgoing telephone (minutes) |
1.351 Billion |
| International incoming telephone (minutes) |
International incoming telephone (minutes) |
0.783 Billion |
| International bothway telephone (minutes) |
International bothway telephone (minutes) |
2.134 Billion |
Staff
| Full-time telecommunications staff |
Full-time telecommunications staff |
19,835 |
Tariffs
| Connection fee for residential telephone service (HK$) |
Connection fee for residential telephone service (HK$) |
0 |
| Connection fee for business telephone service (HK$) |
Connection fee for business telephone service (HK$) |
0 |
| Monthly subscription for residential telephone service (HK$) |
Monthly subscription for residential telephone service (HK$) |
78 |
| Monthly subscription for business telephone service (HK$) |
Monthly subscription for business telephone service (HK$) |
83 |
Revenue
| Total telecom services revenue (HK$) |
Total telecom services revenue (HK$) (Note 1) |
113,911 Million |
Capital Expenditure
| Annual telecom investment (HK$) (Note 1) |
Annual telecom investment (HK$) (Note 1) |
5,528 Million |
Broadcasting
| Terrestrial Multi-channel TV subscribers |
Terrestrial Multi-channel TV subscriptions |
2.960 Million |
| Home satellite antennas |
Home satellite antennas |
10,000 |
Note 1: Figures for the calendar year ending 31 December 2019.
Remarks:
See Annex 1 for the definition of the indicators.
Telecommunications Indicators in Hong Kong for the fiscal years 2000/2001 to 2019/20
