Growth of Cellular Phone Subscribers
Year |
No. of cellular phone subscribers
(Unit:1,000 persons) |
Penetration Rate(%) |
1995 |
772 |
3.62 |
1996 |
970 |
4.51 |
1997 |
1,492 |
6.86 |
1998 |
4,727 |
21.56 |
1999 |
11,541 |
52.24 |
2000 |
17,874 |
80.24 |
2001 |
21,633 |
96.55 |
2002 |
23,905 |
106.15 |
from 1997 to 2002:
Compound annual growth rate(CAGR) : 74%
Subscriber growth rate : 1,502%
New operators began entering the market in January 1998.
At the end of April 2002,cellular phone subscribers in Taiwan totaled 22,605,000,for a penetration rate of 100.73% and exceeded one account per person.