Tanzania Mobile Users Exceed 41 Million in June 2018

Tanzania mobile subscriptions june 2018

According to the latest telecoms statistics for the period April – June 2018 published by the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA), subscriptions to mobile networks reached a record high of 41,708,218 in June 2018.

Over Q3 2018 there has been a net addition of 1,490,172 telecom users, most of which through the two largest mobile operators in Tanzania: Vodacom (+587,908 users), and Tigo (+545,604 users).

During the same period, Mobile Money Subscriptions (Mobile Money Accounts) reached 20,855,164 from 20,163,990 in April 2018.

https://www.tcra.go.tz/images/documents/reports/TelCom_Statistics_June_2018.pdf

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