Communication technology subscriptions of all forms increase
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- Subscriptions to all forms of communication technology increase in third quarter
- Postal traffic and telecommunications subscriptions increase
- Subscriptions to all forms of communication technology increases
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- Wholesale value of Gozo’s fruit and vegetables declines by 20.1 per cent
- Fresh fruit and vegetable supplies down 19.5 per cent in Gozo
- Gozo fruit and vegetable supply down 8.7%, wholesale value down 7.1%
- Volume of fresh fruit and vegetables down by 12.2 per cent, wholesale value up 23.5 per cent
- Fruit and vegetable supply declines but wholesale value rises
- Fish landings increase in both Gozo and Malta
- Gozitan fishermen suffer a 73.1 per cent drop in fish landed
- Agricultural output down 3%, input prices up 20.5%
- Agricultural producer and input prices increase by 2.9 and 22.4% respectively
- March Property Price Index increased to 176.89
- Fish landings up in Malta but down in Gozo
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In the third quarter of this year, the absolute number of mobile telephone subscriptions reached 369,513, which roughly translates into 90.7 per cent of the population. Contract- based mobile telephone subscriptions were recorded at 34,819, while card-plan subscriptions reached 334,694.
As at the end of September, the fixed telephone subscription index increased by 8.0 per cent, from 104.1 in quarter three 2006 to 112.4 in the comparable quarter this year. Minutes used in fixed-line telephony amounted to around 183 million, while international fixed-telephony traffic comprised 509,713 calls, equivalent to around 1.6 million minutes. VOIP minutes were estimated at around 4.8 million in the quarter under review.
The internet subscription index rose by 5.5 per cent from 301.6 as at the end of September 2006 to 318.2 as at the end of the corresponding period in 2007. The rate of Internet subscriptions per 100 persons in the population reached 24.5.
The cable and digital subscriptions index also advanced by 6.9 per cent. Cable and digital television subscriptions were recorded at 28.9 per 100 persons in the population as at the end of September 2007.
Total postal traffic for the third quarter this year amounted to around 12.9 million items, of which the absolute bulk represented letters and other printed items. During the same reference period, courier traffic totalled 63,456 items, of which 52 per cent were letters or documents, and the rest parcels
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