Business | Telecoms
Demand for landline phones in Oman declines
Pre-paid and billed GSM services sought
- Staff Report
- Published: 00:00 August 22, 2010
- 5.7 per cent decline in fixed phone service demand
- 10.6 per cent rise in GSM service demand
Muscat: The fixed phone service offered by Omantel in Oman saw a 5.7 per cent decline in demand.
In the first six month of this year the subscribers for Omantel's fixed line accounted at 283,155 against 300,139 during the dame period in 2009.
Statistics issued by the National Economy Ministry show that subscribers of billed fixed phone service in the country stood at 202,733 at the end of June 2010, against 209,246 subscribers in 2009.
Pre-paid rise
Subscribers of pre-paid fixed phone service (Sahl) stood at 36,071 against 47,888 in 2009. The number of public phones all over Oman stood at 6,801 compared to 6,805 during 2009.
Subscribers of the integrated digital network services stood at 35,236 at the end of June 2010 against 32,822 in 2009. Subscribers of the wireless lines services stood at 2,314 against 3,378 in 2009.
Subscribers of billed and pre-paid GSM service stood at 4,391,581, compared to 3,970,563 by the end of 2009, constituting a 10.6 per cent rise.
Subscribers of billed GSM service stood at 398,130 by the end of June 2010, against 358,744 during 2009, constituting a 11 per cent rise. Subscribers of pre-paid GSM service rose by 10.6 per cent to 3,993,451 against 3,611,819 during 2009.
Subscribers of internet service stood at 69,250 at the end of June 2010 compared to 78,135 subscribers during 2009, constituting an 11.4 per cent decline.
The number of internet phone service subscribers stood at 68,817 as at the end of June 2010 compared to 77,722 during 2009, constituting a 11.5 per cent decline.
The number of subscribers to post paid internet phone service amounted to 15,254 and the pre-paid card service stood at 9,340.
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