40m SMSs in August

Last August, subscriptions to all forms of communication technology increased with the exception of cable and digital television, the National Statistics Office said.

The internet subscription index rose by 0.2 per cent, so that narrowband and broadband subscriptions stood at 49,704 and 42,340 respectively by the end of the month.

The cable and digital television subscription index dropped by 0.2 per cent, reflecting a drop in cable analogue and an increase in digital technology use. In absolute terms, these subscriptions totaled 110,481.

VOIP minutes were estimated at around one million and an increase of 0.9 per cent was recorded in the mobile telephony subscription index as the number of mobile telephone subscriptions reached 344,220. Around 16.5 million minutes were consumed in mobile telephone networks, while those directed from mobile to fixed-line networks amounted to around 2.3 million.

Mobile communication traffic included around 40.1 million SMSs, 83,813 MMSs, and 15,305 WAPs. Pager subscriptions stood at 4,775.

At the end of August there was practically no change in the fixed telephone subscription index from the previous month. Minutes consumed in fixed-line telephony on local calls amounted to around 47.8 million, with some 32.7 million minutes from residential subscriptions and the rest from business premises subscriptions. The international fixed-telephony traffic comprised 211,848 calls, equivalent to around 0.6 million minutes