{"id":5215,"date":"2024-03-23T06:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T04:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=5215"},"modified":"2024-03-23T06:00:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T04:00:38","slug":"mobile-phones-outnumber-people-in-cyprus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=5215","title":{"rendered":"Mobile phones outnumber people in Cyprus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mobile-phones-outnumber-people-in-cyprus.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The number of landlines decreased last year by 27,474 over 2022, close to 10 per cent, while <strong>the number of mobiles increased by 4.4 per cent during the same period<\/strong>, according to data released on Friday showing there are more mobile phones than people in Cyprus.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cypru-video-ads\" id=\"cypru-56160153\">\n<div id=\"cypru-1314681706\" data-cypru-trackid=\"478051\" data-cypru-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"cypru-target\">\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-1767435866412-0\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Data issued by the Office of the Commissioner for the Regulation of Electronic Communications and Post showed that at the end of 2022, there were 297,382 fixed telephony lines still operating in Cyprus, but the number is falling. In 2021 there were 309,000.<br \/>\nAround 65 per cent of landlines now use fiber-optic networks. The data shows that <strong>telecommunications company Cyta still holds the majority share of the landline market with over 56 per cent<\/strong>. This has fallen, however, from a 62.7 per cent share in 2020.<br \/>\nCablenet is its biggest competitor now holding 23.8 per cent of the market compared with 15.5 per cent in 2020. Primetel and Epic have remained relatively steady, hovering around 10 per cent each.<br \/>\n<strong>The mobile phone market figures show that in total, there are 1.43 million devices in circulation<\/strong>, up 4.4 per cent, or 17,647 new users compared with 2022. Just over one million are on a contract basis and some 428,000 are prepaid users. This number is slightly down. Market penetration of mobile phones is 156 per cent, which means there are more mobile phones in Cyrus than people.<br \/>\nContracts with unlimited data, voice calls and SMS make up 53.77 per cent of subscriptions. This percentage is expected to continue to increase, the report said.<br \/>\nAs far as contract subscribers are concerned, it added, a slight decrease was observed for Cyta, Epic and Primetel, while Cablenet, showed growth reaching double-digits (10 per cent) for the first time. For prepaid, the company showed an increase of 4.9 per cent in 2023.<br \/>\nCyta still holds the mobile market, however, with a 51.8 per cent share, followed by Epic with 23.9 per cent and Primetel 8.8 per cent but now surpassed by Cablenet\u2019s sudden rise to 10.1 per cent.<br \/>\nOn the internet side of things, the number of fixed broadband subscribers showed a small increase over 2022 of 2.2 per cent or 7,676 new subscribers. People are also subscribing to higher speeds due to the expansion of the fiber-optic networks, and free upgrades to strong competition on the market, the report noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2022, the number of landlines in Cyprus decreased by 27,474, a decline of close to 10%, while the number of mobile phones increased by 4.4%, with 17,647 new users, bringing the total to 1.43 million devices. This increase in mobile phones has led to a market penetration rate of 156%, indicating there are more mobile phones than people in Cyprus. The telecommunications company Cyta holds the majority share of the landline market at over 56%, though this has decreased from 62.7% in 2020. Cablenet is the biggest competitor, holding 23.8% of the market. In the mobile market, Cyta also leads with a 51.8% share, followed by Epic at 23.9%, and Cablenet, which has risen to 10.1%. The number of fixed broadband subscribers increased by 2.2% in 2022, adding 7,676 new subscribers. 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