Mobile telecommunications service subscriptions rise by 2.4% to reach 8.4 million subscriptions
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The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission published its statistical report for the second quarter of 2026 for the telecommunications sector on its website.
The report indicated that the total number of mobile broadband subscriptions reached (8.4) million, compared to approximately (8.2) million subscriptions in the second quarter of 2025, representing a growth rate of (2.4%). These are distributed as (61%) prepaid subscriptions and (39%) postpaid subscriptions, while the percentage of (voice and data) line subscriptions reached (79%), and data-only line subscriptions reached (21%).
The volume of mobile voice traffic reached approximately (7) billion minutes, distributed as (97%) domestic and (3%) international. The number of sent text messages reached approximately (180) million, compared to about (344) million messages in the second quarter of 2025, a decline of (47.6%). The penetration rate for mobile phone subscriptions by the end of the second quarter of 2026 reached (69%) of the total population, compared to (69.7%) in the second quarter of 2025, and a penetration rate of (106.2%) according to the population aged over 15 years.
The volume of data usage through mobile broadband services also reached approximately (936) million gigabytes in the second quarter, compared to about (724) million gigabytes in the second quarter of 2025, representing a growth rate of (29%).
