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