Notes: Figures are as at end of the year. Figures include facsimile and data. Figures prior to 1999 refer to voice traffic only. Estimated figures.
Excluding pre-paid SIM cards. Figures including prepaid SIM cards are presented in brackets.
Estimated figures are based on the return from the ISPs and do not include users who are not customers on the licensed ISPs.
Registered customer accounts refer to the customer accounts of ISPs (including those free-of-charge customer accounts). For a registered
customer account which has more than one user login ID, it is counted as one registered customer account only. Figures do not include
customer accounts which are provided with e-mail addresses only.
Figures were first available in February 2000.
Broadband Internet access refers to services with downloading speed of 1 Mbps or above using cable modem, ATM (asynchronous
transfer mode), ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line), DSL (digital subscriber line) or other technologies.
Not including customer access via leased circuits and broadband services.
Figures were first available in November 2000.
