1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
% growth in fixed network call volumes over the previous year:
Inland
6
7
6
7
7
International (a)
6
5
9
7
9
Call growth
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH
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1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
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% growth in fixed network call volumes over the previous year: |
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|
Inland |
6 |
7 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
|
International (a) |
6 |
5 |
9 |
7 |
9 |
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(a) Outgoing, incoming and transit.
Exchange line connections
AT 31 MARCH
|
Business (’000) |
6,129 |
6,459 |
6,798 |
7,160 |
7,521 |
|
% growth over previous year |
3.1 |
5.4 |
5.2 |
5.3 |
5.0 |
|
Residential (’000) |
20,471 |
20,613 |
20,500 |
20,393 |
20,130 |
|
% growth (reduction) over previous year |
1.8 |
0.7 |
(0.5) |
(0.5) |
(1.3) |
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Total exchange line connections (’000) |
26,600 |
27,072 |
27,298 |
27,553 |
27,651 |
|
% growth over previous year |
2.1 |
1.8 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
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Network modernisation
AT 31 MARCH
|
% customer lines served by type of telephone exchange: |
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|
Digital |
74.9 |
82.7 |
87.7 |
92.6 |
100.0 |
|
Semi-electronic |
24.6 |
17.2 |
12.3 |
7.4 |
– |
|
Electro-mechanical |
0.5 |
0.1 |
– |
– |
– |
|
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|
Total |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
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Optical fibre
AT 31 MARCH
|
Fibre – kilometres in the network (’000) |
2,577 |
2,782 |
3,043 |
3,302 |
3,591 |
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Cellnet (Cellular telephones in the UK)
AT 31 MARCH
|
Digital GSM (’000) |
– |
34 |
353 |
1,125 |
2,303 |
|
Analogue (’000) |
1,019 |
1,700 |
2,036 |
1,573 |
774 |
|
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Total |
1,019 |
1,734 |
2,389 |
2,698 |
3,077 |
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Payphones
AT 31 MARCH
|
Total public payphones in the UK (’000) |
124 |
129 |
133 |
136 |
138 |
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People employed
AT 31 MARCH
|
Total employees (’000) |
156.0 |
137.5 |
130.7 |
127.5 |
124.7 |
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