December 8 (SeeNews) - The number of active mobile phone subscribers in Croatia rose by 3.84% on the quarter, but fell by 3.65% on the year to 4.5 million in the third quarter of 2017, according to data from the country's telecommunications regulator, HAKOM.
Total revenue from mobile telephony services in the three months through September rose 9.06% on the quarter, but fell 6.62% on the year to 1.2 billion kuna ($186.7 million/159 million euro), the data shows.
Details from HAKOM’s Q3 2017 mobile services segment report follow:
| |
Q3'17 |
Q/Q change % |
Y/Y change % |
| Total mobile telephony services revenue (in bln kuna) |
1.2 |
9.06 |
-6.62 |
| Total number of active subscribers* |
4,501,677 |
3.84 |
-3.65 |
| Mobile penetration** |
105.06% |
3.85 |
-3.65 |
| Mobile originating voice minutes*** |
2,342,379,405 |
3.06 |
2.56 |
| Total SMS sent |
595,599,864 |
-4.32 |
-9.95 |
| Total MMS sent |
3,655,080 |
-2.02 |
-10.26 |
| Ported mobile numbers |
1,324,014 |
3.06 |
16.65 |
Croatia has a population of around 4.3 million that 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.
** 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=7.54918 Croatian kuna)