| Table 11.14: INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL COMMUNICATION,2001 - 2011 | |||||||||
| (in 000 mins) | |||||||||
| Year | National Call Minutes | International Call Minutes |
SMS Usage | ||||||
| Land Lines | |||||||||
| Outgoing SMS's | |||||||||
| Total | Local | Inter- zone | Fixed-->Mobile | Mobile call Minutes | (in 000s) | ||||
| 2001 | 254,435 | 142,170 | 80,169 | 32,096 | 21,549 | 7,862 | - | ||
| 2002 | 224,885 | 112,934 | 64,544 | 47,407 | 35,134 | 7,016 | - | ||
| 2003 | 201,065 | 82,384 | 54,541 | 64,140 | 33,741 | 7,170 | - | ||
| 2004 | 191,069 | 65,395 | 43,874 | 81,800 | 60,492 | 7,870 | - | ||
| 2005 | 151,155 | 43,247 | 21,527 | 86,381 | 136,256 | 8,908 | - | ||
| 2006 | 123,281 | 30,054 | 14,031 | 79,196 | 216,318 | 12,037 | - | ||
| 2007 | 122,725 | 25,575 | 11,883 | 85,267 | 219,839 | 26,991 | - | ||
| 2008 | 95,124 | 19,617 | 10,334 | 65,173 | 969,281 | 120,906 | - | ||
| 2009 | 86,305 | 18,007 | 9,021 | 59,277 | 1,165,371 | 140,386 | 73,355 | ||
| 2010 | 77,503 | 16,757 | 8,248 | 52,498 | 1,241,516 | 135,384 | 93,719 | ||
| 2011 | 74,888 | 15,002 | 8,629 | 51,257 | 1,427,762 | 110,514 | 15,671,569 | ||
| Note - Considerable increase in 2008 mobile & international minutes as call minutes from pre-paid phones were not included in previous years | |||||||||
| Source: Telecom Operators – Dhiraagu and Wataniya | |||||||||
| Prepared by: Communications Authority of Maldives (CAM) | |||||||||
| Definitions: | |||||||||
| Local calls: Calls within the same zone, excluding mobile calls | |||||||||
| Inter-zone calls: Calls between zones within the national boundary, excluding mobile calls | |||||||||
| Fixed-->Mob calls: calls from fixed lines to mobiles | |||||||||
| Mobile calls: Calls mobile to mobile and mobile to fixed lines from both Operators | |||||||||
| International calls: International calls from fixed lines and mobiles | |||||||||
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