9.03  TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES OPERATION (TLELEPHONES)
IN SINDH, 1970-71 TO 1995-96
(In Numbers)
Y E A R	NO.	NO.	NO. OF	NO. OF
	OF TELEPHONE	OF TELEPHONE	INLAND	PUBLIC CALL
	EXCHANGES		TRUNK CALLS	OFFICES
			(In "000")
1970-71	112	82,321	2,223	282
1971-72	122	84,678	2,251	284
1972-73	135	89,328	2,276	283
1973-74	158	95,961	2,138	301
1974-75	171	107,992	2,463	377
1975-76	213	116,345	2,550	420
1976-77	209	99,436	4,077	843
1977-78	217	101,343	4,501	769
1978-79	219	103,368	4,800	576
1979-80	220	109,029	4,917	788
1980-81	240	118,075	4,934	910
1981-82	246	128,371	5,057	843
1982-83	246	151,844	5,333	1,010
1983-84	259	177,230	5,962	1,363
1984-85	275	200,585	6,527	1,299
1985-86	278	216,900	6,683	1,556
1986-87	286	237,930	6,951	1,753
1987-88	297	256,490	5,545	1,817
1988-89	313	285,195	9,804	2,321
1989-90	327	312,590	9,165	2,503
1990-91	379	402,549	-	2,190
1991-92	429	493,919	-	3,252
1992-93	435	459,306	-	3,503
1993-94(P)	594	463,972	2,349	3,693
1994-95(P)	735	539,259	2,383	4,008
1995-96(P)	887	614,546	3,680	4,480
Source:-  Karachi/Southern Telecommunication Region.