OFF THE BEAT

* The number of cellular telephone users in Taiwan as of the end of 1999: 10 million

* The number of cellular phone users in Taiwan before the government opened the market to the private sector about two years ago: 1.5 million

* Percent of Taiwanese using cellphones today: 46 percent

* Percent of Singaporeans using cellphones today: 45 percent

* Percent of Japanese using cellphones today: 43 percent

* Percent of Hong Kongers using cellphones: 60 percent

* Taiwan's total annual revenue from cellular phone-related businesses in June 1996: NT$18 billion

* Taiwan's total annual revenue from cellular phone-related businesses in June 1999: NT$92 billion

* Number of employees in Taiwan working for cellphone-related firms in 1996: 2,800

* Number of employees in Taiwan working for cellphone-related firms in 1996: 8,200

* The number of Internet users in Taiwan as of June of 1999: 4 million (18 percent of the population)

* Percent of Internet users in Singapore as of June of 1999: 27 percent

* Percent of Internet users in Australia as of June of 1999: 23 percent

* Percent of Internet users in Japan as of June of 1999: 14 percent

SOURCE: CNA

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