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1 e-stats service Date: 26 January 2005 No. : 11/2005 Time of release: hrs Information Society Statistics Information Society: October-December 2004 Internet Subscriptions This release provides indices from to the 4th quarter In the fourth quarter of 2004, the internet subscriptions index rose by 12.3 per cent from in to in The rate of internet subscriptions per 100 population reached 21.9, up from 19.6 per 100 population recorded in the same period in.the number of narrow band and broad band subscriptions reached 53,582 and 34,388 respectively. T. V Licences and Cable Subscriptions Theme: Industry and Services T. V Licences as end of December 2004 stood at 123,177 amounting to 30.7 per 100 population. In the same quarter, the cable subscriptions index rose by 1.6 per cent from to Cable television subscriptions amounted to 25.1 per 100 population as at the end of the forth quarter of Telephone Communication In the period under review, the mobile phone subscriptions index showed an increase of 6.9 per cent. The number of mobile telephones reached 308,401 in absolute terms; that is 76.8 per 100 population. The number of contract based mobile telephone subscriptions reached 23,780. The number of card plan mobile telephone subscriptions reached 284,621. In the fourth quarter this year, the number of minutes consumed to mobile networks amounted to over 31.2 million minutes while those directed to the fixed line network amounted to around 9.4 million minutes. This signified a drop of 0.5 per cent and 2.6 per cent respectively. Drops of 1.4 per cent and 25.1 per cent respectively were recorded in the number of SMS and MMS in the quarter under review. The minutes consumed for the WAP service stood at 24,467 in the period under review. Compiled by: Business Statistics Unit [email protected] Tel: In the fourth quarter of 2004, the fixed telephone subscriptions indices rose by 1.2 per cent from in to in The number of minutes used in fixed line telephony on local calls increased by around 1.8 million when compared to the third quarter The recorded rise was in the use of business fixed telephone lines for local calls purposes. This amounted to around 2.8 million. A drop of over 1 million minutes was recorded in the use of household fixed line telephones for local calls. The amount of minutes taken up by international calls from fixed line telephones decreased by around 0.2 million minutes in the fourth quarter when compared to the previous quarter. The number of international calls from fixed telephone lines decreased by 13.3 per cent when compared to the third quarter In the fourth quarter this year, the use of VOIP reached around 6 million minutes; an increase of around 2.5 million minutes over the period last year. The pager subscriptions index decreased by 4.8 per cent from 86.3 to 82.2 over the fourth quarter in and 2004 respectively. The monthly calendar of NSO News Releases may be consulted on the Office's website at Kindly indicate source when quoting from this release National Statistics Office Library & Information Unit Lascaris, Valletta CMR 02, Malta Tel:(+356) , Fax: (+356) [email protected]

2 Table 1. Information society subscriptions indices 2004 Annual % Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q4 Change Internet subscriptions Fixed telephony subscriptions Mobile telephony subscriptions Pager subscriptions Cable subscriptions Satellite subscriptions : : Two way radio subscriptions Table 2. Telephony subscriptions indices 2000 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Mobile telephone subscriptions Fixed telephone subscriptions Pager subscriptions Mobile telephone subscriptions Fixed telephone subscriptions Pager subscriptions Mobile telephone subscriptions Fixed telephone subscriptions Pager subscriptions Mobile telephone subscriptions Fixed telephone subscriptions Pager subscriptions Mobile telephone subscriptions Fixed telephone subscriptions Pager subscriptions Chart 1. Telephony subcriptions indices Mobile telephone Fixed telephone Pager Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q

3 Table 3. Mobile telephony July - Sept Oct - Dec change change Number of subscriptions (total) 303, ,401 4, Contract based subscriptions 22,895 23, Card plan subscriptions 281, ,621 3, Minutes consumed to mobile networks 31,351,375 31,201, , Minutes consumed to fixed lines 9,674,532 9,419, , Number of SMS 100,459,923 99,074,020-1,385, Number of MMS 100,744 75,452-25, WAP (minutes consumed) 26,093 24,467-1, Table 4. Internet, cable and satellite TV licenses indices 2000 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Internet Cable Satellite TV Licences Internet Cable Satellite TV Licences Internet Cable Satellite TV Licences Internet Cable Satellite TV Licences Internet Cable Satellite TV Licences : 500 Chart 2. Cable, Satellite Licences & Internet Subscriptions Internet Cable Satellite TV Licences 50 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q

4 Table 5. Information society indicators per 100 population Number Per 100 population As at end of December As at end of December Internet Subscriptions 32,534 51,343 67,001 78,260 87, Narrow Band : : : : 53,582 : : : : 13.3 Broad Band : : : : 34,388 : : : : 8.5 Mobile telephone subscriptions 113, , , , , Pager Subscriptions 5,336 4,866 4,645 4,511 4, Fixed Telephone lines 204, , , , , VOIP (minutes Consumed) : : : 3,815,679 6,308,017 : : : : : Public coin phones : : : : : : : : Public card phones : : : 1, : : : : : Public webphones : : : : : : : : Cable television subscriptions 82,934 90,091 95,107 99, , Satellite receiver licences 4,695 9,189 15,071 15,792 : : T.V Licences : : : : 123,177 : : : : 30.7 Two-way radio licences 1,223 1,189 1, Source: National Statistics Office 4 Table 6. Fixed telephony April - June July - Sept change change July-Sept Oct - Dec change change Number of subscriptions (total) 207, , , ,664 1, Residential 164, ,069 1, , , Business 43,032 40,335-2, ,335 41, Minutes consumed for local fixed lines 235,729, ,999,242-20,729, ,999, ,785,369 1,786, Residential 177,759, ,063,310-19,695, ,063, ,973,366-1,089, Business 57,969,984 56,935,932-1,034, ,935,932 59,812,003 2,876, Minutes consumed for international fixed telephone lines 4,047,765 4,276, , ,276,647 4,074, , Number of calls consumed for international fixed lines 1,383,735 1,454,776 71, ,454,776 1,261, , Period July-September 2004 has been revised.

5 Methodological Notes The data in this release are based on a quarterly census among fixed and mobile telephone, cable television and internet service providers. Other data were obtained from the Department of Wireless and Telegraphy. On the basis of the information provided indices have been calculated for major groups showing the level of specified variable (for example internet subscriptions), relative to the average level throughout the base year These statistics are as at the end of each quarter. 4. The statistics in this release should be considered as current and thereby subject to revision. Each release may include revisions of past quarterly data. Revisions may be carried out in respect of a rolling two-year period. 5. Definitions Internet subscriptions are inclusive of household and business subscriptions but are exclusive of the subscriptions of educational institutions. Broadband Internet subscriptions are inclusive of dial-up, ISDN and mobile internet while broadband is inclusive of ADSL and cable. ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network: a service provided by telecoms operators provided end-to-end digital links - giving users greater bandwidth and faster call setup times. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line. A high-speed, high bandwidth telephone lines. WAP - Wireless Application Protocol. The mobile equivalent of HTML VOIP - voice over internet protocol - this is telephony over the internet. 5