27, May 2012, CEST. Welcome to the beta version of Econ Stats, the Economic Statistics Database service provided by EconomyWatch.com.
Country or Region:
Macau (Macao) ›
Change country
Economic Indicator: Telephone Statistics: Number of Fixed Lines, Mobile Phone Penetration Rate
› See all Macau indicators,
› See Telephone Statistics: Number of Fixed Lines, Mobile Phone Penetration Rate data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2008
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: Pataca
Currency Symbol: MOP
Telephone system: general assessment: fairly modern communication facilities maintained for domestic and international services domestic: termination of monopoly over mobile-cellular telephone services in 2001 spurred sharp increase in subscriptions with mobile-cellular teledensity approaching 200 per 100 persons in 2010; fixed-line subscribership appears to have peaked and is now in decline international: country code - 853; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 submarine cable network that provides links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; HF radiotelephone communication facility; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2010)
Population : 573,003 (July 2011 est.)
Telephones - main lines in use: 168,903 (2010)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 1.109 million (2010)