The total number of fixed telephone line subscribers in Oman grew by 11.5 percent to 471,142 at the end of July compared to end of December 2016, according to statistics released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI). In 2016, the number of subscribers was 422,518. The data showed that the number of mobile phone subscriptions also went up by 3.8 percent to 7.13 million compared to 6.87 million at the end of December 2016. Of the total mobile phone services subscribers, there were 638,865 post-paid subscriptions and 6.49 million pre-paid subscribers.
The number of active mobile broadband subscribers was 4.44 million. The total number of Internet service subscribers increased by 19.2 percent to 321,248 at the end of July compared to 269,549 in 2016. The number of fixed narrowband internet subscribers decreased by 2.8 percent to 2,494 at the end of July compared to 2,566 at the end of 2016. The number of fixed broadband internet subscribers grew by 19.4 percent to 318,754 at the end of July 2017, compared to 312,358 at the end of 2016.
Source: https://www.telecompaper.com/news/omans-fixed-telephone-line-subscribers-rise-115-by-july--1210513