Number of mobile cellular phone subscribers on the rise

Mobile cellular phone subscribers are on the rise. According to latest ICT figures just released, the number of cell phone subscribers rose from 151.1per 100 inhabitants in 2020 to 156 per 100 inhabitants in 2021.

According to latest figures just released by Statistics Mauritius, Internet subscribers are also on the rise – from 130.2 per 100 inhabitants in 2020 to 143.3 per 100 inhabitants in 2021.

On the other hand, fixed telephone lines dropped marginally from 37.8 to 37.1 per 100 inhabitants.

In 2021, International Bandwidth usage increased to 211,312 Megabits per second (Mbits/s) from 144,973 in 2020.

The usage per inhabitant in 2021 went up by 46.0% to reach 167,192 bits per second from 114,510 in 2020.

Imports of ICT goods and services progressed by 26.6% to reach Rs17.1 billion in 2021.