Quarterly Report on Telecom Sector Indicators, Q3 2016 | TRA
Consumer Behavior | Oman
Status of Telecom Indicators sector in the Sultanate of Oman at the end of the Q3/2016:
- The total of mobile subscribers reached 6,785,611 million subscribers of inhabitants, with penetration 151% of inhabitants – 4,490.943 – by the end of Q3 2016.
- The number of t fixed internet service reached 277.976 million subscribers with penetration 48% of the household by the end of Q3 2016.
- Fixed internet subscribers achieved 4.8% growth over the previous quarter, and the penetration rate became higher with 2.2% the previous quarter.
- The Active Mobile Broadband Subscribers’ reached to 85.5% of inhabitants by the end of Q3/2016 with the total active.
- The total active mobile broadband subscribers rose to 3.838.089 with 85.5% rate, compared to 3,493,794 in Q2 2016.
- Business internet subscribers increased to 24.479 million in Q3 2016, compared to 23.915 million in Q2 2016.
- 88.83% of fixed Broadband subscribers during Q3, 2016 had access speed of 2 Mbps to 10 Mbps, while 5.55% of fixed Broadband subscribers during Q3, 2016 had access speed of 10 to 100 Mbps.
A Graph Shows The Active Mobile Broadband Subscribers.
TRA Oman
Established in 2002, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) is the implementing authority of the Sultanate of Oman’s telecommunications policies. TRA liberalizes and promotes the telecommunications services in the Sultanate; established under the Telecommunications Act which was issued under the Royal Decree No. 30/2002.TRA is committed to facilitating the growth of the telecommunications sector in the Sultanate of Oman and this commitment is carried out by ensuring the availability of state-of-the-art technologies via a wide range of choices and delivery to consumers with reasonable prices.
