Ict Diffusion Indicators

Telecom investment/

Gdp(%)

Telephone lines per 100 persons Number of Internet hosts per 1,000 persons Estimated number of fax machines per 100 persons Number of personal computers per 100 persons Cellular phone subscribers per 100 persons 1987-1991 1992-1996 1987-1991 1992-1996 1987-1991 1992-1996 1987-1991 1992-1996 1987-1991 1992-1996 1987-1991 1992-1996 American Samoa 11.3 17.52 2.73 Australia 0.77 0.75 44.24 49.59 0.37 12.57 1.15 1.97 6.20 23.77 0.71 9.44 Fiji 0.77 0.67 5.46 7.69 0.03 0.15 0.26 0.18

French Polynesia

0.29 3.59 18.09 21.77 0.02 0.14 0.63 0.06 Guam 27,26 42.83 0.23 0.13 2.43 Kiribati 0.44 0.23 1.54 1.85 0.05 0.13 Maldives 0.00 1.61 2.51 4.94 0.03 0.02 0.33 0.25 0.00 Marshall Islands 0.51 4.72 0.06 0.21 0.00 0.01 0.33 Micronesia (Fed. States of) 5.26 2.13 5.88 0.06 0.11 0.07 New Caledonia 0.68 15,98 22.68 0.03 0,34 0.62 0.31 New Zealand 0.94 0.6 42.95 47.11 9.94 0.55 1.14 1.96 18.85 0.99 7.56 Pakistan 0.38 0.81 0.72 1.43 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.01 0.07 0.00 0.03 Papua New Guinea 0.60 0.57 0.83 0.98 0.02 0.01 0.01 Samoa 0.06 2.51 4.46 0.10 Solomon Islands 0.22 0.93 1.20 1.61 0.08 0.03 0.14 0.04 Tonga 0.10 0.48 4.13 6.58 0.02 0.04 0.20 0.12 Vanuatu 1.73 2.52 0.01 0.13 0.04 Source: Information supplied by ITU, November 1998