BUSINESS REPORTER
MUSCAT, JULY 2
The number of active mobile broadband Internet subscriptions increased by 9 per cent until the end of May 2023 compared to the same period of the previous year, to reach 5,851,173 subscriptions, and the total fixed telephone subscriptions connected to the Internet Protocol (IP) increased by 6.1 per cent, registering 275,607 subscriptions, according to the data issued by the National Center for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
The statistics showed that the number of mobile phone subscriptions increased by 12.4 per cent until the end of May 2023, compared to the same period last year, recording 6,953,100 subscriptions.
The largest number of mobile phone subscriptions was in prepaid mobile phone subscriptions, reaching 5,229,350, with an increase of 9.5 per cent until the end of May 2023, compared to the same period last year.
The total number of analogue fixed line subscriptions, which include prepaid and postpaid, decreased by 13.1 per cent, while the total number of fixed internet service subscriptions reached 541,870, up by 3.2 per cent until the end of May 2023, compared to the same period last year.
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