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Annex Table 1
ICTs in Asia Pacific, 2001
|
|
Main lines
|
Cell phones
|
Internet
|
PCs
|
TVs (% of
|
Bandwidth
|
Broadband
|
|
|
(per 100)
|
(per 100)
|
(per 100)
|
(per 100)
|
households)
|
(kbs/inhabitant)
|
(per 100)
|
|
Afghanistan
|
0.1
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
6.3
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
Australia
|
51.8
|
57.3
|
39.7
|
51.5
|
96.3
|
36.2
|
0.6
|
|
Bangladesh
|
0.4
|
0.4
|
0.1
|
0.2
|
17.2
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
Bhutan
|
2.6
|
0.0
|
0.7
|
1.0
|
57.7
|
0.3
|
0.0
|
|
Brunei
|
25.9
|
41.8
|
12.9
|
7.3
|
98.3
|
17.5
|
0.6
|
|
Cambodia
|
0.2
|
1.7
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
40.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
China
|
14.1
|
11.3
|
2.6
|
1.9
|
87.3
|
0.6
|
0.0
|
|
Hong Kong
|
58.0
|
85.9
|
38.7
|
38.7
|
99.0
|
106.7
|
4.2
|
|
India
|
3.7
|
0.6
|
0.7
|
0.6
|
31.6
|
0.1
|
0.0
|
|
Indonesia
|
3.5
|
3.1
|
2.0
|
1.1
|
54.5
|
0.2
|
0.0
|
|
Iran
|
16.9
|
3.2
|
1.6
|
7.0
|
67.4
|
0.2
|
0.0
|
|
Japan
|
48.2
|
58.8
|
38.4
|
35.8
|
99.0
|
17.8
|
3.0
|
|
Laos
|
1.0
|
0.5
|
0.2
|
0.3
|
29.9
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
Macau
|
40.4
|
44.5
|
23.1
|
18.3
|
93.0
|
27.5
|
2.2
|
|
Malaysia
|
19.7
|
30.9
|
26.6
|
12.6
|
85.9
|
3.1
|
0.0
|
|
Maldives
|
9.9
|
6.9
|
3.6
|
5.4
|
61.5
|
1.6
|
0.0
|
|
Mongolia
|
5.2
|
8.1
|
1.7
|
1.7
|
49.0
|
0.4
|
0.0
|
|
Myanmar
|
0.6
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.3
|
3.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
Nepal
|
1.3
|
0.1
|
0.3
|
0.4
|
13.2
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
New Zealand
|
47.0
|
59.0
|
45.4
|
38.7
|
98.1
|
49.0
|
0.4
|
|
Pakistan
|
2.3
|
0.5
|
0.4
|
0.4
|
38.5
|
0.2
|
0.0
|
|
Philippines
|
4.2
|
15.5
|
2.6
|
2.2
|
61.5
|
0.3
|
0.0
|
|
Singapore
|
47.1
|
72.4
|
41.2
|
50.8
|
99.4
|
63.9
|
3.7
|
|
South Korea
|
54.4
|
61.4
|
51.5
|
47.5
|
99.0
|
20.7
|
4.2
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
4.4
|
3.6
|
0.8
|
0.9
|
20.6
|
0.1
|
0.0
|
|
Taiwan
|
57.3
|
97.2
|
34.9
|
36.4
|
97.8
|
32.3
|
4.2
|
|
Thailand
|
9.8
|
12.2
|
5.7
|
3.2
|
90.6
|
1.0
|
0.0
|
|
Vietnam
|
3.8
|
1.6
|
1.3
|
0.9
|
79.6
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
Global avg.
|
19.6
|
21.8
|
9.5
|
10.0
|
63.0
|
30.4
|
0.4
|
|
Regional avg.
|
19.1
|
24.2
|
13.4
|
13.0
|
63.4
|
13.6
|
0.8
|
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