香港—資訊社會 - 「數碼21」資訊科技策略

Fixed Telephone and Telegraph Services5.7 5.7 The number of establishments in this5 8 sub-group increased from 5 in 1997 to 8 in 2007.The number of persons engaged and value added ofthis sub-group were however declining during the 6 400109 period. In 2007, its number of persons engaged 5.1was 6 400 persons and the value added generatedwas $10.9 billion. (Table 5.1)5.8 5 5.8 In 2008, 5 wireline based fixed telephone370 network operators provided about 3.7 million180 190 telephone lines, comprising 1.8 million businesslines and 1.9 million residential lines.Moreover, the number of subscribers of Internet」(IP)Protocol (IP) services, which refers to the number of (VoIP)subscribers of telephony/voice-over-IP (VoIP)39.6 6.4 33.2 services of licensed operators assigned withtelephone numbers in accordance with the HongKong Numbering Plan, was 396 000 in 2008. It 59 5.2 included 64 000 business subscribers and 332 000residential subscribers. The telephone density(including the number of exchange lines and IPservices subscribers) was 59 fixed telephone linesper 100 population. (Table 5.2)5.9 5.9 On the other hand, the number of facsimilelines has been trending down since 2003. Theproliferation of Internet has provided a convenient5.2means to exchange data which replaced some of thefunctions of facsimile lines. (Table 5.2) Mobile Phone Services5.10 5.10 The number of establishments engaged inprovision of mobile phone services remained stable.7 4 200 In 2007, the number of establishments in this 55 5.1sub-group was 7. They generated $5.5 billion ofvalue added and engaged some 4 200 persons.(Table 5.1)77Hong Kong as an Information Society 2009