Table 11.20: TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES, 2001 - 2008
		2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Fixed Telephone Lines		27,259	28,651	30,056	31,503	32,296	32,181	33,063	46,925
	Male' & Greater Male' region	20,171	20,964	21,858	22,894	23,596	23,683	24,540	33,560
	Other Inhabited Islands1	6,087	6,656	7,127	7,494	7,567	7,365	7,361	12,161
	Resorts	868	872	883	926	947	949	952	980
	Uninhabited Islands	133	159	188	189	186	184	210	224
Pay Phones (excluding private pay phones)		723	769	854	873	860	751	732	714
	Male' & Greater Male' region	150	158	146	149	143	136	131	117
	Other Islands	573	611	708	724	717	615	601	597
Mobile Subscriptions		18,433	41,899	66,466	113,246	203,620	271,053	313,539	435,627
	Post paid	11,537	12,274	13,277	16,374	24,275	29,038	29,479	55,282
	Pre-paid	6,896	29,625	53,189	96,872	179,345	242,015	284,060	380,345
Internet Subscriptions		1,063	1,275	1,907	2,289	4,548	8,088	12,350	17,864
Teledensity2
	Mobile subscriptions per 100 people	6.6	14.9	23.3	39.1	69.3	90.7	102.8	140.7
	Landlines per 100 people	9.7	10.2	10.5	10.9	11.0	10.8	10.8	15.2
	Internet subscriptions per 100 people	0.4	0.5	0.7	0.8	1.5	2.7	4.1	5.8
Paging Subscribers		1,824	781	272	196	172	144	19	19
Telex Lines		43	38	38	29	26	20	13	13
Source: Telecom Operators – Dhiraagu and Wataniya
Prepared by: Communications Authority of Maldives (TAM)
1_/ - total for the 11 islands with residential telephone service in the atolls
	population	279,975	280,549	285,066	289,480	293,746	298,968	304,869	309,575
	teledensity - mobile	6.6	14.9	23.3	39.1	69.3	90.7	102.8	140.7
	teledensity - landline	9.7	10.2	10.5	10.9	11.0	10.8	10.8	15.2
	tel internet	0.4	0.5	0.7	0.8	1.5	2.7	4.1	5.8
2 _/- telecom densities calculated, based on projected mid-year populations, MPND stats yearbooks 2007 and census figures