Dar es Salaam, Stiff
competition in the telecoms industry recorded a mixed trend among operators as
Zantel emerged the best performer in the second quarter while the market leader
– Vodacom Tanzania – lost some subscribers.
Tanzania Communication Regulatory
Authority (TCRA) telecoms quarterly report indicates that Zantel recorded the
highest number of subscriptions after attaining a 17 per cent growth rate,
followed by Airtel Tanzania (2.3 per cent), Tigo 0.9 per cent , while Vodacom
Tanzania recorded a -2 per cent.
Zantel saw its subscriptions swell to
2.35 million by June 2012, from 1.51 million recorded in March this year, being
an increase of 845,628
subscriptions in a period of three
months. However, Vodacom remained on top in terms of market share which also
experienced some changes.
The market share for
Vodacom Tanzania stood at 44 per cent – a three per cent drop from 47 per cent
recoded in March this year, Airtel Tanzania 27 per cent, up from 26 recorded in
March, Tigo at 20 per cent with no
change as of March while Zantel stood at
8 per cent up from 6 per cent recorded in March this year.
Tanzania has continued to record
unprecedented growth in voice telecom subscription, now hitting 28.03 million,
according to the recently released Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority
(TCRA) telecoms quarterly report.
This is a four per cent increase in a
period of three months as from March 31 – which stood at 26.97 million to 28.02
million subscriptions by June 30 this year. The available data from the
regulator, shows that there was an increase of 1,046,175 subscriptions in a
period of three months (four per cent ) down from 1,847,648 subscriptions (7.15 per cent) recorded in March 31 this
year.
By Sturmius Mtweve
The Citizen Reporter
The Citizen Reporter