Mobile voice traffic has continued to show resilience in the face of increased competition from messaging platforms and Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoiP) with the latest
The growth was, however, largely driven by
A few years ago players in the telecoms sector saw their voice call traffic face significant pressure from the new technologies.
"We had anticipated the trend away from traditional income streams.
"We then took a strategic decision to steer the business towards innovations that would become new sources of growth for our business. We are beginning to see the fruits of that strategy,"
These fruits include the successful growth of mobile financial services, to the extent that
But to
According to the Potraz report, there was an overall 8 percent growth in national mobile voice traffic to 1,4 billion minutes from 1,3 billion for the third quarter to
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On the other hand, NetOne and Telecel's market shares have been consistently declining with NetOne's share declining from 16,3 percent to 15,4 percent between the second quarter and the third quarter while that of Telecel was down from 3,6 percent to 2,3 percent for the same period.
Meanwhile the telecoms industry recorded a 4 percent growth in active mobile subscriptions, from 12,4 million to 12,9 million.
This saw the mobile penetration rate increase by 3,4 percentage points from 84,8 percent to 88,2 percent.
All the mobile operators recorded growth in active subscriptions.
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