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Infrastructure, mobile: Number of mobile phone subscriptions and number of subscriptions per 100 population in 1980, 1985 and 1990-2005

Year	Mobile subscriptions			Change from previous year, %	Subscriptions/ 100 pop.
	Digital	Analogue1	Total
1980	-	23,482	23,482		0.5
1985	-	67,639	67,639		1.4
1990	-	257,872	257,872		5.2
1991	-	319,137	319,137	23.8	6.4
1992	3,308	382,713	386,021	21.0	7.6
1993	19,111	470,063	489,174	26.7	9.6
1994	110,155	565,410	675,565	38.1	13.2
1995	380,703	658,423	1,039,126	53.8	20.4
1996	830,585	646,391	1,476,976	42.1	28.8
1997	1,523,356	568,435	2,091,791	41.6	40.6
1998	2,498,793	347,192	2,845,985	36.1	55.2
1999	3,073,943	199,490	3,273,433	15.0	63.4
2000	3,672,762	55,863	3,728,625	13.9	72.0
2001	4,137,337	38,250	4,175,587	12.0	80.4
2002	4,516,772	-	4,516,772	8.2	86.8
2003	4,747,126	-	4,747,126	5.1	90.9
2004	4,999,060	-	4,999,060	5.3	95.5
2005	5,384,572*	-	5,384,572*	7.7	102.5**

1 By the end of 2002, the analogue mobile communications system was wound up in Finland.
Source in 1980-2001: Ministry of Transport and Communications.

At the end of 2005, pre-paid subscriptions accounted for seven per cent of all mobile phone subscriptions. Approximately one fifth of all mobile phone subscriptions are in business use.

*   Revised figure 19.9.2006, (earlier 5,384,281).
** Revised figure 19.9.2006, (earlier 102.4).

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Last updated 19.9.2006