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Table 6. Number of mobile phone subscriptions and number of subscriptions per 100 population in 1980, 1985 and 1990-2006

Year	Mobile subscriptions			Change, %	Subscriptions/ 100 pop.
	Digital	Analogue 1)	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
2006	5 679 010	-	5 679 010	5,5	107,6

1) By the end of 2002, the analogue mobile communications system was wound up in Finland.

Source: Telecommunications 2006, Statistics Finland

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Updated 5.6.2007