December 8 (SeeNews) - The number of broadband users in Croatia rose by 2.14% on the quarter and by 3.58% on the year to 4.6 million at the end of September, according to data from the country's telecommunications regulator, HAKOM.
Revenues from broadband services totalled 1.2 billion kuna ($186.7 million/159 million euro) in the third quarter, up 20.67% compared to the previous quarter and 26.43% higher year on year, data posted on the HAKOM website shows.
There were 1.1 million fixed broadband connections at the end of September, up 0.69% on the quarter and 5.96% higher on the year.
Copper connections were subscribed to by 441,362 users, down 1.05% on the quarter and 3.09% lower on the year. Mobile broadband connections (including UMTS, HSDPA) rose 2.60% compared to the April-June period and 2.85% year-on-year to 3.5 million.
The number of Internet users via optical network FTTx rose by 8.95% on the quarter and by 63.37% on the year to 70,509 through September.
Croatia has a population of around 4.3 million.
(1 euro=7.54918 Croatian kuna)