From 2011 to January this year, the number of local calls in my country has decreased by more than 2.4 million in 11 years. The average Chinese only speaks local calls for 45 minutes a week, which is equivalent to less than 7 minutes a day.

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[Reporter Ding Yi/Taipei Report] With the popularity of mobile phones and the Internet, fewer and fewer people use local calls.

Statistics from the National Communications Commission (NCC) show that from 2011 to January this year, the number of local phone users in my country has decreased by more than 2.4 million. Words, equal to less than seven minutes a day.

After deducting corporate users, there are about 7.5 million users left

According to NCC data, the number of local phone users has declined year by year from 12.68 million in 2011, and only 10.27 million users remained in January this year.

At present, 27% of the local calls are business users. After deducting the corporate users, there are only about 7.5 million local call users.

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The penetration rate (number of subscribers per 100 people) of local telephones in all countries has declined. The penetration rate of local telephones in the United States has dropped to about 28%, and the penetration rate in Taiwan is about 44%, which is similar to that of Japan and Hong Kong.

The older and the more remote the place of residence, the more dependent on local dialect

There are also urban-rural and age gaps in the use of local dialects. According to NCC data, the older and the more remote people live, the more they rely on local dialects. The average person in Taiwan speaks local dialects for 45 minutes a week. Among them, Yihuadong and Gao Pingpeng The average person speaks for over an hour.

The average monthly local phone bill for people over the age of 16 is about 387 yuan.

As for the main reason why people cancel local calls is "replacing them with mobile phones", but the decline in the number of users has slowed down. The NCC report mentioned that more than 90% of the people pointed out that they will not cancel local calls at home in the next year.

Su Tiancai, General Manager of Chunghwa Telecom's Personal Home Branch, pointed out that the popularization of mobile phones has impacted local calls, but local calls still have their irreplaceable features, including that they can still be used in power outages, and people use local calls to call the police, and the police can quickly know the exact address.

Xiao Yijing, a professor at the Department of Public Administration of Tamkang University, said that stores need local calls, and the cheap rates in Taiwan also reduce people's willingness to cancel.