Potraz 2Q 2019 sector performance report major highlights
By Staff reporter | 04 Oct 2019 at 21:16hrs
The following are the main sector trends for the Second Quarter Abridged Sector Report of 2019, compared to the first quarter of 2019.
A marginal decline of 0.1% in active fixed telephone lines from 273,330 to 273,031; Marked decline in fixed voice traffic of 5.5% from 120.3 million to 113.7 million minutes; Significant growth in fixed telephone revenue of 58.1% from $42.6 million to $67.3 million An increase of 45.1% in fixed telephone operating costs from $41.4 million to $60 million; Marginal increase in active mobile subscriptions of 1.8% from 12,134,455 to 12,354,315; Marginal decline of 1.1% in mobile voice traffic from 1.4 billion to 1.39 billion minutes ; Substantial decline in mobile internet/data usage of 8.2% from 10,202TB to 9,367TB; Marked
growth in mobile network revenues by 50.1%, from $249.9 million to $375
million against a 25.7% growth in operating costs to record $233.7
million from $185.9 million; Marginal decline in active internet subscriptions of 1.1% from 8.4 million to 8.3 million; Significant growth in IAP revenues of 85.1% from $74.4 to $137.7 million,against an 84.6% growth in operating costs from $60.1 to $111 million; Significant
growth of 64.5% in postal and courier volumes from $6.9 million to$11.3
million against a 4.9% growth in operating costs from $10.4 million to
$10.9 million.