It was led by the "Internet", registering its biggest increase at the end of March, with 3.2 million subscribers

530.6 thousand new subscriptions to the means of communication in the country during the first quarter

"Telecommunications Regulatory": the increase in mobile phone subscriptions amounted to 254.5 thousand.

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The Communications Regulatory Authority and the Digital Government revealed an increase in communications subscriptions in the country during the first quarter of this year, amounting to 530.6 thousand subscriptions compared to the end of last year.

The authority stated in statistics issued yesterday that the increase in mobile phone subscriptions alone amounted to 254.5 thousand subscriptions, while Internet subscriptions increased by 289.1 thousand subscriptions, the largest increase recorded by the end of March 2021 with more than 3.2 million subscriptions, while fixed-phone subscriptions decreased by 13 thousand subscriptions.

Mobile

In detail, the Communications Regulatory Authority and the Digital Government reported that the total effective mobile subscriptions amounted to more than 17 million and 75 thousand and 188 subscriptions by the end of the first quarter of this year, compared to 16 million and 820 thousand and 680 subscriptions at the end of last year, an increase of 254 thousand and 504 subscriptions Within three months.

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority stated, in statistics issued yesterday, that the number of mobile phone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants reached 188.5 at the end of the first quarter, compared to 186.1 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants last December.

Advance payment and invoice

According to statistics, the total number of prepaid subscribers reached 13 million and 339 thousand and 308 subscriptions at the end of last March, compared to 13 million and 178 thousand and 835 subscriptions at the end of December 2020, while the number of invoice subscriptions reached 3 million and 735 thousand and 880 subscriptions at the end of March 2021, compared to three Millions and 641 thousand and 845 subscriptions by the end of December 2020.

Internet

The Communications Regulatory Authority indicated that the total number of subscriptions to the Internet reached three million and 269 thousand and 359 subscriptions by the end of the first quarter of this year, compared to two million and 980 thousand and 166 subscriptions at the end of last year, an increase of 289 thousand and 193 subscriptions, indicating that all subscriptions to the Internet come Within the broadband subscriptions, after registering zero Internet subscriptions over the telephone line.

The authority added that the number of broadband subscriptions amounted to 36.1 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants at the end of last March compared to 35.9 subscriptions at the end of last December, pointing out that effective Internet subscriptions are limited to subscribers who used their accounts to access the Internet during the past 90 days.

Internet subscriptions reached its highest level in its history during March 2020, reaching three million and 43 thousand subscriptions, but by the end of last March, subscriptions reached more than 3.269 million subscriptions.

"Constant"

With regard to fixed phone subscriptions, the total subscriptions by the end of last March reached two million 115 thousand and 353 subscriptions, compared to two million and 128 thousand and 408 subscriptions, down from 13 thousand and 51 subscriptions.

Thus, the total number of subscriptions to means of communication by the end of the first quarter of this year reached 22 million and 459 thousand and 900 subscriptions, compared to 21 million and 929 thousand and 254 subscriptions at the end of last year, an increase of 530 thousand and 646 subscriptions.

The highest level

Finally, a monitoring conducted by Emirates Today showed that Internet subscriptions reached their highest level ever by the end of the first quarter of 2021, and the increase in Internet subscriptions is the largest increase witnessed since the authority began monitoring subscriptions to the means of communication since 2011. As a result of relying on it mainly for work and distance education due to the Corona pandemic.

• Active subscriptions to the "mobile" amounted to more than 17 million subscriptions by the end of the first quarter of 2021.

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