The number of mobile subscribers in Egypt rose in March for the first time after months of experiencing a sustained downward trend, according to a CIT Ministry report (pdf). The figure climbed to 93.42 mn users, up 0.42% m-o-m from 93.04 in February. In y-o-y terms, however, subscribers fell by 5.76% from 99.13 in March 2018. The number of ADSL subscribers, meanwhile, increased 24.2% y-o-y, to stand at 6.82 mn in March, up from 6.74 mn in February 2019 and up 23.31% y-o-y from 5.53 mn in March 2018. Mobile internet users also rose to 35.44 mn by the end of the month, up 9.08% m-o-m and 12.62% y-o-y.

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