Tanzania Mobile Subscriptions Increased by 8.8% in 2018

Tanzania Telecom Mobile Subscriptions 2018

According to the latest telecoms statistics for Q4 2018 published by the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA), overall telecom subscriptions reached a record high of 43,621,499 in December 2018.

This represents a year-over-year increase of 8.8% compared to the 40,080,954 subscriptions registered in December 2017.

In the same year, subscriptions to mobile networks reached 43,497,261 (99.7% of all subscriptions), 8.8% more than in December 2017 (39,953,860).

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During the same period subscriptions to fixed lines fell by to 124,238 from 127,094.

Vodacom remains the largest mobile operator with 14,143,657 subscriptions in December 2018 (12,866,059 in December 2017; +9.9%), followed by Tigo with 12,583,640 subsciptions (11,062,852 in December 2017; +13.7%), and Airtel with 10,954,621 (10,855,955 in December 2017; +0.9%).

Together these three mobile operators accounted for 37,681,918 or 86.6% of all the mobile subscriptions, while the other smaller operator accounted for the remaining subscriptions.

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