Belarus’ number of mobile subscribers up 0.7% in 2020 to 11.724m – Telecom Ministry
<p> MINSK, Feb 25 – PrimePress. Belarus’ Telecom Ministry says the total number of mobile subscribers increased by 0.7% year on year in 2020 to 11.627 million as of January 1, 2021. </p> <p> </p> <p> According to the Telecom Ministry’s report, 7.223 million Belarusian mobile subscribers used mobile data transmission services in 2020, up 5.9% year on year; 4.993 million mobile subscribers used LTE services (up 30.8%). Belarusian mobile operators (A1, MTS Belarus, life:)) increased their Internet bandwidth by 30.4% to 407.8 Mbps in 2020. </p> <p> </p> <p> Belarusian mobile subscribers generated 8.48 billion minutes of voice traffic in 2020 (up 12.8% year on year); the share of home network voice traffic standing at 80.4%. The outgoing international traffic totaled 7.319 million minutes (down 14%), incoming international traffic – 11.72 million minutes (down 13.2%); roaming – 6.141 million minutes (down 26.7%). </p> <p> </p> <p> Mobile telecom services (GSM 2G) covered 98.7% of Belarus’ territory in 2020, UMTS (3G) – 98.4%, LTE (4G) – 31.1% (5% in the previous year). Mobile telecom services covered 99.9%, 99.9% and 89.5% of the population, respectively. </p> <p> </p> <p> Mobile telecom services in Belarus are provided by three operators – A1, MTS Belarus and life:), while infrastructural operator beCloud provides LTE services. End. </p>
2021-02-26
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Belarus’ number of mobile subscribers up 0.7% in 2020 to 11.724m – Telecom Ministry
MINSK, Feb 25 – PrimePress. Belarus’ Telecom Ministry says the total number of mobile subscribers increased by 0.7% year on year in 2020 to 11.627 million as of January 1, 2021.
According to the Telecom Ministry’s report, 7.223 million Belarusian mobile subscribers used mobile data transmission services in 2020, up 5.9% year on year; 4.993 million mobile subscribers used LTE services (up 30.8%). Belarusian mobile operators (A1, MTS Belarus, life:)) increased their Internet bandwidth by 30.4% to 407.8 Mbps in 2020.
Belarusian mobile subscribers generated 8.48 billion minutes of voice traffic in 2020 (up 12.8% year on year); the share of home network voice traffic standing at 80.4%. The outgoing international traffic totaled 7.319 million minutes (down 14%), incoming international traffic – 11.72 million minutes (down 13.2%); roaming – 6.141 million minutes (down 26.7%).
Mobile telecom services (GSM 2G) covered 98.7% of Belarus’ territory in 2020, UMTS (3G) – 98.4%, LTE (4G) – 31.1% (5% in the previous year). Mobile telecom services covered 99.9%, 99.9% and 89.5% of the population, respectively.
Mobile telecom services in Belarus are provided by three operators – A1, MTS Belarus and life:), while infrastructural operator beCloud provides LTE services. End.