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.