Total fixed telephone lines rose by 5.7 per cent to 592,196 by the end of December 2019, from 560,326 subscribers until the end of December 2018, according to the latest data released by National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
Analogue fixed telephone declined by 0.8 per cent to 321,501 during the period under review.
According to the NCSI report, the number of subscriptions (IP) lines surged by 18.4 per cent to 213,320 subscribers until the end of December 2019.
Total lines of the integrated services digital network witnessed a rise by 3.1 per cent to stood at 49.011 lines, while the wireless fixed subscriptions declined by 5.4 per cent to reach 1563 lines.
The total number of mobile subscribers fell by 0.9 per cent to 6.383 million until the end of December 2019, compared to December 2018. Out of this, post-paid mobile connections dropped by 2.2 per cent to 5,601,800.
The total number of fixed internet subscribers increased by 12 per cent to 475,097 by the end of December 2019. Fixed broadband internet connections, which have more than 256 Kbit/s speed, including FTTH, DSL, internet leased lines, satellite and LTE service stood at 473,70 subscribers, while internet subscriptions, which have less than 256 Kbit/s speed, including mobile communication and internet, leased lines stood by 2077 subscribers.
The number of active internet broadband subscribers stood at 4,604,314 subscribers.
Source: https://timesofoman.com/article/2667216/Business/Fixed-phone-numbers-up-by-57-in-December