Source: Eurostat  

Release: Harmonized Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP)  

Units:  Index 2015=100, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Notes:

The Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices category Telephone and Telefax Services (08.3) is a classification of services that includes installation and subscription costs of personal telephone equipment; telephone calls from a private line or from a public line (public telephone box, post office cabin, etc.), telephone calls from hotels, cafés, restaurants and the like; telegraphy, telex, and telefax services; information transmission services; internet connection services; hire of telephones, telefax machines, telephone answering-machines and telephone loudspeakers; and radiotelephony, radiotelegraphy, and radiotelex services.

Telephone and Telefax Services (08.3) excludes telefax and telephone answering facilities provided by personal computers (09.1.3).

The category, Telephone and Telefax Services (08.3), is a subcategory of the Communications (07) and of Telephone and Telefax Equipment and Services (08.2/3) categories.

Information provided in the notes pertaining to HICP classifications can be found from the source here.

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