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TELECOM SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR MAY 2019

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TELECOM SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR MAY 2019

Introduction 

1. This report highlights data trends that have occurred in the telecommunication industry as at the end of May 2019. It presents information on Mobile voice telephony, fixed line, mobile data as well as 4G data for the month under review.


2. Mobile Voice Subscription for May 2019
At the end of May 2019, the total number of mobile voice subscriptions was 41,193,072. This represents a percentage decrease of 0.41% from April 2019’s figure of 41,362,156. The total penetration rate for the month under review was 138.37%.
MTN’s voice subscriptions for the period was 21,181,828 representing a percentage increase of 01.36% from April 2019’s figure of 20,896,784. MTN’s market share for the month under review was 51.42%.
Vodafone’s mobile voice subscriptions decreased from 10,239,987 as at the end of April 2019 to 10,151,337 as at the end of May 2019. This represents a percentage decrease of 0.87%. Vodafone’s market share for May 2019 was 24.64%.
AirtelTigo’s voice subscriptions decreased from 9,503,327 as at the end of April 2019 to 9,134,114 as at the end of May 2019 indicating a percentage decrease of 3.89%. Their market share for the month under review was 22.17% as compared to 22.98% in April 2019.
Voice subscriptions of Glo increased from 722,058 as at the end of April 2019 to 725,793 at the end of May 2019. With a percentage increase of 0.52%, their total market share for the month under review was 1.76%.

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