Telecommunications Facilities at the Year-end

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year

Region

 Capacity of

Long-distance

Telephone

Exchanges

(circuit)

 Capacity of

Local Office

Telephone

Exchanges

(10 000 lines)

 

 

Number of

Telephone

10 000

sets)

 

 

Central

State-owned

Local

State-owned

Central

State-owned

Local

State-owned

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1978

1863

405.88

174.94

230.94

368.82

236.40

132.42

1980

1969

443.20

200.29

242.91

418.64

284.07

134.57

1985

11522

613.44

336.54

276.91

625.98

476.11

149.87

1986

20689

672.36

380.49

291.86

705.91

544.14

161.77

1987

42773

773.93

464.50

309.43

805.72

628.28

177.44

1988

62484

887.22

555.84

331.38

941.79

745.10

196.70

1989

103269

1034.69

667.95

366.74

1089.33

868.38

220.95

1990

161370

1231.82

826.05

405.77

1233.16

1026.10

205.23

1991

286325

1492.18

1033.14

459.03

1459.18

1215.68

238.74

1992

521885

1915.06

1355.50

559.56

1863.65

1544.94

301.02

1993

1206091

3040.78

2210.25

830.53

2631.28

2147.51

419.94

1994

2416296

4926.24

3723.39

1202.86

3958.64

3148.11

653.75

1995

3518781

7203.59

5456.35

1747.24

5762.26

4346.32

1152.06

1996

4162009

9291.22

6923.67

2367.56

7732.03

5537.78

1508.97

1997

4368305

11269.18

8406.80

2862.37

10111.12

6745.23

2042.61

1998

4491595

13823.66

9951.35

3872.31

13123.44

7963.29

2773.86

1999

5032026

15346.13

11094.08

4252.05

17567.44

9505.43

3732.41

2000 

5615498

17826.7

13307.2

4519.5

25604.8

21085.9

4518.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a) The capacity of exchanges in this table excludes the capacity of exchanges owned by users. Since 1990, total number of telephone sets include mobile phones.