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Media > Telecommunications > Telephone Stats: compare key data on Ireland & South Africa

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STAT Ireland South Africa HISTORY
Fixed telephone lines 2.01 million
Ranked 56th.
4.03 million
Ranked 41st. Twice as much as Ireland

Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 437.53
Ranked 29th. 6 times more than South Africa
78.75
Ranked 138th.

Landlines 2.2 million
Ranked 55th.
4.42 million
Ranked 35th. Twice as much as Ireland
Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 43.88
Ranked 24th. 6 times more than South Africa
7.69
Ranked 133th.

Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date 2003.07.25 2006.11.10
Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 64.2%
Ranked 19th. 2 times more than South Africa
26%
Ranked 62nd.
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 3.03 million
Ranked 53th.
12.7 million
Ranked 21st. 4 times more than Ireland
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 635.1
Ranked 19th. 2 times more than South Africa
261.28
Ranked 62nd.
Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 4.91 million
Ranked 112th.
68.39 million
Ranked 19th. 14 times more than Ireland

Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 1,069.11
Ranked 93th.
1,336.1
Ranked 41st. 25% more than Ireland

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: List of countries by number of telephone lines in use; International Telecommunications Union; 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 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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