Saudi mobile subscribers rise 4% in Q1

12/06/2018 Argaam Special

Saudi Arabia's number of mobile subscribers rose by 4.5 percent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to 42 million in Q1 2018, with a market penetration rate of 129.2 percent, data issued by Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) showed.

 

Prepaid subscriptions accounted for 73.8 percent, or 31 million of total users.

 

Fixed-line subscribers reached 3.72 million, with a penetration rate of 35.4 percent.

 

Residential telephone lines reached 1.9 million, accounting for 52 percent of total lines.

 

Broadband users edged up 1 percent quarter-on-quarter to 31.5 million for Q1 2018.

 

Mobile and fixed broadband subscribers reached 29.3 million and 2.19 million, respectively, in the first quarter.

 

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