Communication Statistics

The data is collected from our FSM Telecommunications Corporations on an annual basis. The FSM National Government is included in Pohnpei. A Number of cell-phone/mobile phones sold while telephone, internet and fax show number of subscribers.

wdt_ID Services 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
1 Telephone 11,294 7,436 8,095 8,243 7,280 7,124 7,433 5,919 6,253 6,745
2 Telephone Government 1,800 686 1,035 1,044 1,158 1,325 1,223 898 912 932
3 Telephone Business 2,723 1,725 2,063 2,077 1,686 1,731 1,697 1,880 1,957 2,044
4 Telephone Residence 6,771 5,025 4,997 5,122 4,436 4,068 4,513 3,141 3,384 3,769
5 Internet 861 862 734 1,557 1,944 2,889 2,440 2,163 2,640 3,579
6 Internet Government 317 340 233 346 702 391 482 180 288 307
7 Internet Business 242 324 187 300 449 516 564 897 960 1,057
8 Internet Residence 302 198 314 911 793 1,982 1,394 1,086 1,392 2,213
9 Fax 438 434 426 421 358 367 352 292 292 292
10 Fax Government 169 170 158 155 144 155 145 111 111 111

Source: FSM Telecommunications Corporation

wdt_ID state 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
2 Pohnpei 10,804 10,046 10,296 10,382 13,277 11,932 12,448 3,685 3,478 3,552
3 Chuuk 5,999 4,895 5,273 5,389 9,053 9,269 9,331 6,591 7,159 7,806
4 Yap 4,343 5,346 6,333 7,210 1,050 889 1,225 7,722 8,542 10,596
5 Kosrae 1,875 1,587 1,702 1,721 1,634 1,499 1,248 773 810 783

Source: FSM Telecommunications Corporation
Note: 1 Cell phone was first introduced to Pohnpei State in 2000 and then the other States 2 to 3 years thereafter.
2 The number of CellPhones are reflecting only what was sold @ fsmtc, anything outside of fsm tc is not included in these numbers.

Source: FSM Telecommunications Corporation
Notes: 1 FSM National Government is included in Pohnpei.
             2 A number of cellphone/mobile phones sold while telephone, internet and fax show number of subscribers.
             3 A cell phone was first introduced to Pohnpei State in 2000 and then the other States 2 to 3 years thereafter.

Click here for Detail FSM Communication and Services by State wise from 2007 to 2016