Mobile subscriptions in Egypt continue to fall, reaching 93.13 mn in February

The number of mobile subscribers in Egypt continued its downward trend in February, falling to 93.13 mn users, down 7.1% y-o-y and 0.32% m-o-m, according to a CIT Ministry report (pdf). This brought Egypt’s mobile phone penetration rate to 100.62% by month-end, down 9.58% y-o-y and 0.47% m-o-m. The number of ADSL subscribers, meanwhile, increased 24.2% y-o-y, to stand at 6.74 mn in January, up from 5.43 mn in February 2018. Mobile internet users, however, reversed last month’s upward trend to fall to 32.49 mn in February, down 4.8% m-o-m, but up 1.25% in y-o-y terms.