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STAT Hong Kong Singapore HISTORY
Fixed telephone lines 4.36 million
Ranked 38th. 2 times more than Singapore
1.99 million
Ranked 57th.

Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 609.64
Ranked 7th. 63% more than Singapore
374.5
Ranked 47th.

International calling code 852
Ranked 29th. 13 times more than Singapore
65
Ranked 48th.
Landlines 4.11 million
Ranked 38th. 2 times more than Singapore
1.86 million
Ranked 59th.
Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 61.29
Ranked 6th. 64% more than Singapore
37.48
Ranked 40th.

Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Days to port 2 days
Ranked 5th. Twice as much as Singapore
1 days
Ranked 7th.
Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date 1999.03.01 2008.06.13
Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price free free
Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 73.5%
Ranked 10th.
123.3%
Ranked 1st. 68% more than Hong Kong
Mobile phone > Mobile phones 13.26 million
Ranked 48th. 82% more than Singapore
7.29 million
Ranked 55th.
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 5.26 million
Ranked 33th.
6.6 million
Ranked 29th. 26% more than Hong Kong
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 731.8
Ranked 10th.
1,208.81
Ranked 1st. 65% more than Hong Kong
Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 16.39 million
Ranked 55th. 2 times more than Singapore
8.07 million
Ranked 91st.

Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 2,290.49
Ranked 2nd. 51% more than Singapore
1,518.64
Ranked 25th.

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: Telephone numbers in Asia (States and territories with country calling codes); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of telephone lines in use; International Telecommunications Union; Wikipedia: Mobile number portability (Europe); Wikipedia: Mobile number portability (America); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) ("Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012" , Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union . Retrieved on 29 June 2013.); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of mobile phones in use; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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