Oman’s total internet subscriptions, excluding active mobile subscriptions, fell by 0.02% to touch 475,013 until the end of January 2020 up from 475,097 until end of December 2019.
Of this, fixed broadband internet Subscription that have more than 256 kilobytes speed, fell by 0.02% to 472,986 until end of January 2020, according to the latest data released by National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
The number of active mobile broadband subscribers fall by 0.9% to 4.56 million until end of January 2020, from 4.60 million subscribers until end of December 2019. Total fixed telephone lines rose by 0.2% to 593,459 by the end of January 2020, from 592,196 subscribers until end of December 2019.
According to the NCSI report, the number of (VoIP) lines surged by 1.3% to 216,110 from 213,320 subscribers until end of December 2019. Further, analogue fixed Telephones line fell by 0.6% to 319,574 from 321,501 subscribers during the period under review. Public payphone connections remained unchanged at 6,801, whereas ISDN channels rose by 0.8% to 49,405.
Total number of mobile subscribers increased by 0.6% to 6.42 million until end of January 2020, from 6.38 million subscribers by the end of December 2019. Out of this, postpaid mobile subscribers increased by 0.5% to 785,585 from 781,658 until end of December 2019. Pre-paid mobile subscribers also rose by 0.6% to 5.63 million from 5.60 million until end of December 2019.
In addition, the number of subscribers of resellers rose by 2.9% to 998,654 from 970,396 until end of December 2019.