SUBSCRIPTION CIRCULAR No. 117
INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION	

									Geneva, 18 March 1994

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Direction of Traffic
International telephone traffic time-series
(1st edition, 1994)

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Direction of Traffic
International telephone traffic time-series
(1st edition, 1994)

	There are various indications of growing world interdependency: foreign trade, international travel, and immigration. Direction of Traffic monitors this tendency from a telecommunications point of view by measuring international telephone traffic for the last ten years.

	Direction of Traffic contains bi-lateral international telephone traffic - in minutes - for 1983-92. The data is presented for the leading sixty countries in terms of the volume of outgoing international telephone traffic. The statistical tables show the traffic originated in one country to other leading destinations. Regional totals are also provided.

International outgoing telephone traffic 	Belgium
Millions of minutes
	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	
											
Algeria........	0.76	0.82	0.85	0.74	0.78	0.84	0.87	0.99	1.16	1.26	
	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	
Africa.........	5.72	7.42	8.35	8.67	9.44	10.73	12.94	14.02	16.29	18.63	
											
Argentina.....	0.11	0.12	0.14	0.17	0.17	0.19	0.25	0.32	0.38	0.42	
	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	
Americas.....	13.55	15.77	17.87	19.83	22.29	25.19	29.35	34.21	38.43	41.33	
											
Bahrain.......	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.07	0.05	0.05	0.07	0.08	0.09	0.10	
	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	
Asia...........	4.37	4.93	5.66	6.58	7.59	9.17	11.63	13.71	16.48	18.48	
											
Austria........	2.46	2.69	2.86	2.95	3.30	3.86	4.61	5.37	6.19	6.88	
	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	
Europe........	326.53	352.17	383.23	415.72	455.20	514.29	588.31	667.88	749.76	816.03	
											
Australia......	0.20	0.25	0.35	0.40	0.47	0.59	0.76	0.92	1.05	1.12	
	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	
Oceania......	0.24	0.30	0.40	0.47	0.60	0.74	0.93	1.17	1.33	1.41	
											
TOTAL	350.41	380.58	415.50	451.27	495.12	560.12	643.17	730.98	822.28	895.89	

	A review of key developments and causes of international telephone traffic is also contained in the report. The report is prepared in collaboration with Telegeography, Inc., a leading source for the analysis of telephone traffic trends.

	This publication is available in two formats : as a printed report and as a database on diskette.

	The diskette is suitable for use with IBM PC and compatible computers. The diskette contains time-series data for leading telecommunication indicators in the STARS format which provides a user-friendly data search and retrieval system.

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Date of publication :	first quarter 1994	
		
Format :	- Printed version : A4 (21 x 29.7 cm) - About 100 pages

- Computer readable version : 3.5" diskette for IBM PC or compatible	
		
Languages	Trilingual edition (French, English, Spanish)	
		
Price :	Provided the customary number of orders is received, the price will be approximately as follows :

		Swiss francs

	Report		Report + Database
			on diskette

Administrations (ITU)	250.-		400.-

Other subscribers, ROAs, etc.	300.-		500.-
	
ISBN :	92-61-04967-2	

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	INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION 	Annex to Circular No. 117	

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