Post and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) quarterly report states that the mobile penetration rate of active callers increased by 1.3% to reach 92.8% from 91.5% recorded in the previous quarter covering the third quarter of 2015.
The total number of active mobile subscriptions increased by 3.7% to reach 12,394,383 subscriptions from 11,949,791 recorded in the previous quarter. As a result the mobile penetration rate increased by 1.3% to reach 92.8% from 91.5% recorded in the previous quarter. Active and total subscriptions per operator are shown in the table below.
This however came on the backdrop of the fixed teledensity declining by 0.1% to reach 2.5% from 2.6% recorded in the previous quarter while the internet penetration rate increased by 2.1% to reach 46.6% from 44.5% recorded in the previous quarter.
All the mobile operators with the exception of Telecel Zimbabwe experienced increases in their active subscribers, however Telecel still has a higher percentage of active users meaning that their larger chunk of subscribers are still making much more calls, probably because of their attractive Telecel-Telecel intra calls.
Telecel subscriptions have been continuously declining since the third quarter of 2015. On the other hand NetOne and Econet`s subscriptions have been generally on the increase.
The fall can be attributed to the country’ s financial transaction decline as the country slides into full deflation on the back of depressed aggregate demand, a recent report by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) indicates.
- Technomag Zimbabwe