São Tomé and Principe - Telephone lines

Telephone lines

The value for Telephone lines in São Tomé and Principe was 7,657.00 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,657.00 in 2010 and a minimum value of 352.00 in 1960.

Definition: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1960 352.00
1975 500.00
1976 500.00
1977 600.00
1978 600.00
1981 798.00
1982 1,222.00
1983 1,555.00
1984 1,765.00
1985 1,874.00
1986 2,001.00
1987 2,117.00
1988 2,240.00
1989 2,200.00
1990 2,200.00
1991 2,218.00
1992 2,360.00
1993 2,386.00
1994 2,460.00
1995 2,499.00
1996 2,596.00
1997 4,300.00
1998 4,295.00
1999 4,526.00
2000 4,614.00
2001 5,441.00
2002 6,366.00
2003 6,970.00
2004 7,050.00
2005 7,112.00
2006 7,593.00
2007 7,654.00
2008 7,643.00
2009 7,611.00
2010 7,657.00

Telephone lines (per 100 people)

The value for Telephone lines (per 100 people) in São Tomé and Principe was 4.64 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4.90 in 2006 and a minimum value of 0.55 in 1960.

Definition: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.55
1975 0.61
1976 0.59
1977 0.69
1978 0.67
1981 0.83
1982 1.24
1983 1.55
1984 1.73
1985 1.80
1986 1.89
1987 1.95
1988 2.02
1989 1.94
1990 1.89
1991 1.87
1992 1.95
1993 1.94
1994 1.96
1995 1.95
1996 1.99
1997 3.23
1998 3.16
1999 3.27
2000 3.27
2001 3.79
2002 4.37
2003 4.71
2004 4.69
2005 4.66
2006 4.90
2007 4.86
2008 4.78
2009 4.68
2010 4.64

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications