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2002

Issue Date:2007/05/30

Growth of Local Telephone and Cellular Phone Subscribers

Growth of Local Telephone and Cellular Phone Subscribers

Growth of Local Telephone and Cellular Phone Subscribers
Year Local telephone
(Unit:1,000 persons)
Cellular phone
(Unit:1,000 persons)
1992 7,418 385
1993 7,951 539
1994 8,503 584
1995 9,175 772
1996 10,011 970
1997 10,862 1,492
1998 11,500 4,727
1999 12,044 11,541
2000 12,642 17,874
2001 12,827 21,633
2002 13,099 23,905

New carriers began entering the cellular phone market in January 1998.

The number of cellular phone subscribers surpassed local telephone subscribers in February 2000.

  • Local telephone subscribers : 12,126,000
  • cellular phone subscribers : 12,184,000

New fixed-network operators entered the local telephone market in July 2001.