53.1 Million Mobile Communications Subscriptions by the End of the First Half of 2015

The number of subscriptions to mobile communications services reached about 53.1 million subscriptions for the first half of 2015, with prepaid subscriptions accounting for about 86.2%, numbering 45.7 million subscriptions, making the penetration rate of mobile communications services relative to the population about 170.5%.

The Commission granted mobile virtual network operator licenses in late 2014, which will contribute to improving the level of services and subscriber care, increasing the diversity of services provided to them, expanding the telecommunications market, and providing more options for subscribers.

As for active telephone lines, the number of subscriptions by the end of the first half of 2015 reached about 3.74 million lines, of which 2.62 million lines were for dwellings, equivalent to about 70% of total active lines, in addition to 1.12 million commercial lines, making the fixed-line penetration rate relative to dwellings approximately 45.9%.