«Regulation of Telecommunications»: 665.5 thousand new subscriptions to «Mobile» within 3 months

Fixed and “mobile” and Internet subscriptions exceed 24 million

“Telecommunications Regulatory”: 18,665,635 active subscriptions to “Mobile” by the end of March 2022. Archive

The Communications Regulatory Authority and the Digital Government reported that the subscriptions for communication means in the UAE (fixed, mobile and Internet) for the first time crossed the barrier of 24 million subscriptions, reaching at the end of the first quarter of this year to 24 million and 252 thousand and 779 subscriptions, compared to 23 million and 415 thousand and 916 subscriptions. At the end of 2021, an increase of 836,863 subscriptions took place in just three months.

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In recent statistics issued by the authority, the authority detailed that the effective mobile phone subscriptions amounted to 18,665,635 at the end of March 2022, compared to 18 million and 105 subscriptions at the end of 2021, an increase of 665,530 subscriptions in just three months.

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority stated that the number of mobile phone subscriptions at the end of March 2022 amounted to 204 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, compared to 197.2 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants at the end of December 2021.

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According to the authority, the number of prepaid mobile phone subscriptions at the end of last March reached 14,679,468, compared to 14,108,422 at the end of December 2021.

In turn, the number of postpaid subscriptions at the end of last March reached three million, 986,167, compared to three million, 892,683 at the end of December 2021.

Internet subscriptions

Broadband Internet subscriptions amounted to three million 683 thousand and 753, compared to three million and 573 thousand and 55 at the end of December 2021, an increase of 110 thousand and 698.

Broadband Internet subscriptions at the end of last March recorded 40.3 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, compared to 39.1 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants at the end of December 2021.

Landline

With regard to fixed-line subscriptions, subscriptions rose at the end of March 2022 to 1,903,391, compared to 1,842,756 at the end of December 2021, an increase of 60,635.

Thus, subscriptions to the means of communication in the UAE (fixed, mobile and Internet) for the first time crossed the 24 million subscription barrier, to reach 24 million and 252 thousand and 779 subscriptions at the end of the first quarter of 2022.

Fixed telephone subscriptions recorded an increase of 60,635 subscriptions.

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