*Pages 1--2 from 23231.xls* WTO SIGNATORY TELEDENSITY 1995 1996 1997 1998 Antigua & Barbuda 38.84 42.34 Not Available 46.80 Argentina 15.99 17.38 19.13 20.27 Australia 50.93 51.88 50.54 51.21 Austria 46.55 46.89 49.18 49.10 Bangladesh 0.24 0.26 Not Available 0.30 Barbados 34.53 36.99 40.43 42.40 Belgium 45.75 46.52 46.81 50.02 Belize 13.40 13.33 13.69 13.75 Bolivia 4.68 4.32 6.88 6.88 Brazil 8.51 9.57 10.66 12.05 Brunei Darussalam 23.99 26.26 Not Available 24.68 Bulgaria 30.57 31.26 32.26 32.89 Canada 59.98 60.24 60.95 63.39 Chile 13.20 15.59 17.98 20.55 Colombia 9.98 11.76 14.75 15.35 Cote d'Ivoire 0.81 0.88 0.93 1.19 Cyprus 53.83 55.48 56.97 58.51 Czech Republic 23.65 27.31 31.84 36.39 Denmark 60.82 61.79 63.33 65.97 Dominica 24.13 26.39 Not Available 25.23 Dominican Republic 7.37 8.26 Not Available 9.28 Ecuador 6.52 7.33 7.53 7.83 El Salvador 5.28 5.61 Not Available 8.00 Estonia 27.74 29.87 32.10 34.29 Finland 55.01 54.90 55.59 55.39 France 55.80 56.36 57.50 56.97 Germany 49.35 53.84 54.98 56.68 Ghana 0.37 0.44 0.58 0.75 Greece 49.32 50.87 51.61 52.22 Grenada 24.23 24.34 Not Available 26.28 Guatemala 2.72 3.13 4.08 4.08 Hong Kong, China 53.25 54.69 56.54 55.77 Hungary 21.12 26.06 30.42 33.59 Iceland 55.48 57.61 61.69 64.65 India 1.29 1.54 1.86 2.20 Indonesia 1.69 2.13 2.47 2.70 Ireland 36.53 39.48 41.14 43.47 Israel 41.77 44.09 44.98 47.11 Italy 43.33 44.01 44.68 45.07 Jamaica 11.56 14.17 Not Available 16.57 Japan 48.80 48.92 47.86 50.26 Kenya 0.79 0.82 0.81 0.92 Korea 41.47 43.04 44.40 43.27 Kyrgyz Republic 7.92 7.47 7.56 7.64 Latvia 27.85 29.55 30.16 30.16 Luxembourg 56.50 59.16 66.87 69.17 Malaysia 16.56 18.32 19.49 19.76 ATTACHMENT 6 TELEDENSITY IN WTO SIGNATORIES ATTACHMENT 6 (continued) 1 WTO SIGNATORY TELEDENSITY 1995 1996 1997 1998 Mauritius 13.11 16.21 19.52 21.37 Mexico 9.39 9.28 9.60 10.36 Morroco 4.33 4.60 5.00 5.44 Netherlands 52.52 54.33 56.43 59.31 New Zealand 47.85 49.92 48.57 47.91 Norway 55.64 55.55 62.11 66.01 Pakistan 1.64 1.77 1.85 1.94 Papua New Guinea 1.01 1.07 Not Available 1.14 Peru 4.71 5.99 6.75 6.67 Philippines 2.09 2.49 2.90 3.70 Poland 14.84 16.91 19.43 22.76 Portugal 36.13 37.49 40.25 41.35 Romania 13.08 13.98 Not Available 16.73 Senegal 0.98 1.11 1.32 1.55 Singapore 48.18 51.33 54.29 56.20 Slovak Republic 20.84 23.19 25.86 28.63 South Africa 9.47 10.05 10.72 11.46 Spain 38.50 39.25 40.32 41.37 Sri Lanka 1.11 1.39 1.70 2.84 Suriname 13.21 13.16 14.62 15.23 Sweden 68.11 68.21 67.93 67.37 Switzerland 61.00 64.04 66.09 67.54 Thailand 5.86 7.00 7.96 8.35 Trinidad & Tobago 16.04 16.81 19.01 20.58 Tunisia 5.82 6.43 7.02 8.06 Turkey 21.16 22.36 25.04 25.41 United Kingdom 50.25 52.76 54.00 55.64 United States 62.57 63.99 64.37 66.13 Venezeula 11.09 11.74 11.64 11.67 Notes: Teledensity is defined as the number of main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants. The figures are published by the International Telecommunication Union in either its annual "Yearbook of Statistics" (1995 & 1996) or annual "World Telecommunication Development Report" (1997 & 1998). 2