December 28 (SeeNews) - The number of active mobile phone subscribers in Croatia rose 4.99% on the quarter and 0.92% on the year to 4.67 million at the end of September, data from the country's telecoms regulator, HAKOM, indicated.
Total revenue from mobile telephony services in the three months through September jumped 15.2% on the quarter and 8.33% on the year to 1.2 billion kuna ($165.5 million/158.7 million euro), the data showed.
Details from HAKOM’s mobile services segment report follow:
Mobile telephony services |
Q3'16 |
q/q change |
y/y change |
Total mobile telephony services revenue (in bln kuna) |
1.24 |
15.20% |
8.33% |
Total number of active subscribers* |
4,672,091 |
4.99% |
0.92% |
Mobile penetration** |
109.04% |
5.00% |
0.92% |
Mobile originating voice minutes*** |
2,283,819,536 |
0.51% |
1.18% |
Total SMS sent |
661,373,465 |
1.37% |
-9.32% |
Total MMS sent |
4,072,894 |
3.85% |
-10.99% |
Ported mobile numbers |
1,135,047 |
3.95% |
17.77% |
Croatia has a population of around 4.3 million which is served by three mobile carriers - HT, Tele2 and Vipnet.
*Definition of active pre-paid subscriber: Subscriber who has used a mobile service or refilled the account in the last 90 days. This definition applies to all operators. Before 2011 each operator used a different active pre-paid subscriber definition (90/180/270 days).
**Mobile penetration has been calculated according to the 2011 census
***Includes all types of calls (local, national, international calls, calls to mobile networks and calls to Value Added Services numbers)
(1 euro=7.55949 Croatian kuna)