Mobile Users Match Population
By Azlan Othman

Bandar Seri Begawan - The number of mobile phones used in Brunei is found to keep pace with the Sultanate's population.

The latest Info-Communication indicators have highlighted that since tune 2007, the number of mobile phone subscribers have been estimated to be around 339,874.

Out of the total, 289,000 are prepaid users from the two mobile phone service providers, DST and B-Mobile.

Post paid subscribers for both service providers mounted to 50,874 subscribers.

Brunei's population for 2007 is estimated to be at 391,877 based on the figures from the Department of Economic Planning & Development (JPKE)

This was highlighted yesterday by Authority for Info-Communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam (AITI).

AITI also revealed that mobile cellular subscribers per 100 inhabitants stood at 86.73 %. Fixed telephone line subscribers are 79,248. Meanwhile fixed telephone lines per 100 subscribers stood at 20.22%.

The figure was revealed yesterday to clarify a report made by Research & Markets on Thursday which said that mobile phone penetration in the sultanate is 114% while the number of mobile subscribers in the sultanate was 0.44 million as of June 2007.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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