By the end of 2002, there are all 175737 fixed-phone users with a main line penetration rate of 39.5 lines per 100 persons. The amount of communication by telephone is 7.6451b times and the total capacity of automatic telephone exchange is 215,120. There are 17500 Internet users including 11800 broadband network users. Broadband network has covered 95% areas of Qingpu District, and the length of optical cable has reached 28980 kilometer. Mobile phone users in Qingpu district reached 82000.