The number of active mobile phone cards in Cape Verde was 599.525 in the second quarter, an increase of 5,5% over the previous three months, and greater than the country's population.
According to the Report on Statistical Indicators of the Electronic Communications Market, published by the Multisectoral Regulatory Agency for the Economy (ARME), at the end of June the number of mobile cards surpassed the resident population in Cape Verde, which in the previous census released in August 2021 by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) fell to 483.628 inhabitants.
According to the document, in the second quarter of this year there was a 6% increase in the number of mobile phone cards, compared to the same period in 2021.
In the period under review, the penetration rate was 105%, with operator CV Móvel holding 69% of the share of the total number of active SIM cards in the mobile market in Cape Verde.
“The number of SIM cards dedicated exclusively to mobile Internet connections in this period was 30.185, which represents 5% of the total number of cards for mobile phones”, reckoned ARME, noting that there was a decrease of 6% compared to the quarter previous year and 15% year-on-year.
With regard to the Internet access service, between April and June the total number of subscriptions was 466.279, of which 87% were provided by Small Screen Mobile Broadband technology.
"This number is due to the diversity of types of plans offered by the same“, explained the Cape Verdean regulator, noting that the number of subscriptions to the internet access service increased by around 5,5% in the second quarter of 2022, compared to the first quarter of 2022.
"And when compared to the same period last year there was an increase of 8%“, reinforced the same source, referring that the penetration rate of the internet access service in the country was around 82 per 100 inhabitants.
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"With regard to market shares for internet access service subscriptions, CV Móvel holds the highest, representing 62,8%, followed by Unitel T+ with 31,3% and CV Multimédia with 5,8% %“, still according to ARME.
The fixed telephony service had 55.862 subscribers at the end of June, corresponding to a penetration rate of 10 accesses per 100 inhabitants, which represents an increase of 3% compared to the first quarter of 2022.
"With regard to the second quarter of 2021, there is an increase of 4%“, noted the regulatory agency, noting that CV Multimédia holds 51,9% of the market share, followed by CV Telecom, with 47,9% and Unitel T+, with 0,2%.
In terms of voice traffic, around 4,9 million minutes were generated on the fixed network, corresponding to a decrease of 27% compared to the first quarter of 2022.
"When compared to the same period last year, there was a decrease of 24% in total voice traffic, due to a decrease in national voice traffic and incoming international voice traffic, by 26% and 31%, respectively“, concluded the ARME report, whose information was collected from existing operators in the country.
