The Office of the Commissioner for Electronic Communications Regulation has issued statistical bulletins on the Electronic Communications market with data up to December 2022 for:
1. Fixed telephony and fixed broadband access.
2. Mobile telephony and mobile broadband access.
The data shows that, in the second half of 2022, there is a slight decrease in total fixed telephony connections, compared to the first half of 2022, with total connections falling below the 300 thousand threshold for the first time.
The data shows that, in the second half of 2022, there is a slight decrease in total fixed telephony connections, compared to the first half of 2022, with total connections falling below the 300 thousand threshold for the first time. Fiber Optic connections continue to increase due to subscribers switching to fiber optic networks, which is now the main fixed line connection medium with a 40.1% share. The number of fixed broadband subscribers increased by 8,169 subscribers or 2.4% compared to 2021 while there is a rapid increase in the percentage of subscriptions with a speed rate ≥100Mbps which now account for 54.8% of subscriptions. Finally, the total data volume in Q4 2022 was 0.83 TB with the total data volume for 2022 showing an increase of 3.1% compared to 2021.
In mobile telephony, according to the data for the second half of 2022, there was an increase of 27,924 in the total number of mobile users compared to the first half of 2022. The percentage of contract subscriptions shows an increase of 0.9% compared to H1 2022. Packages with unlimited data, voice and sms make up 43.9% of contract subscriptions. The ratio of the total number of mobile users to the population of the Republic of Cyprus in the second half of 2022 shows an increase of 3.1% compared to the first half of 2022, reaching 151.7%. Finally, the total data volume for 2022 shows an increase of 70.1% compared to 2021, which is due to the new tariffs of providers for unlimited packages.
The detailed results of the surveys are available in power point format on the website of GERET.
(BG/EXP)
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