Mobile service providers in Egypt said their number of subscribers has risen (image: stock.exchng)

The three mobile service providers in Egypt announced that the number of subscribers has risen in the second quarter of the current year to reach 78.153-million subscribers, an increase of 10.7 percent.

The percentage of mobile market penetration in Egypt has reached almost 91.94 percent of the country’s population of 85 million.

Vodafone Egypt came out in the top spot with 33.74 million subscribers through the end of June, with a market share of 42.2 percent, followed by Mobinil with 30.583 million subscribers and a market share of 39.1 percent.

Etisalat announced that it is nearing a market share of 17.7 percent with some 13.83 million subscribers.

Vodafone Egypt said that its subscribers used 18.363 million minutes in the second quarter of the year. The company added that its subscriber base picked up an additional 1.913 million customers the second quarter of 2011.

The released data from all three companies said that there are 1.384 million customers using monthly contracts with an approximation of 161.2 EGP per customer. Pre-paid card customers reached 32.361 million subscribers and spent each around 22.4 Egyptian pounds.

Manar Ammar