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Mobile telephony in Algeria: Density exceeding 100%, number of Mobilis subscribers increases by +17.21% [Algeria Press Service](Algeria Press Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ALGIERS- the mobile telephony density in Algeria reached 102.11% in 2013, according to a study on the mobile telephony markets for the period 2010-2013 conducted by the Regulatory Authority of Post and Telecommunications (ARPT), underlining that number of subscribers for the mobile phone operator Mobilis increased by more than 17.21%. The mobile telephony density which represents the number of subscribers per one hundred inhabitants is increasing since 2010 (90.30%) to reach 96.52% in 2011 and 99.28% in 2012, according to a study released Wednesday. Mobilis increases by more than 17.21% in 2013 with a total of 12,451,373 subscribers against 10,622,884 in 2012, while mobile phone operator Orascom Telecom Algerie (OTA, Djezzy) totalled 17,574,249 subscribers in 2013 against 17,845,669 in 2012, down by 1.52%. Mobile phone operator Wataniya Telecom (Ooredoo) reached 9,491,423 subscribers in 2013 against 9,059,150 in 2012, up by 4.77%. The total number of subscribers of the three telephone operators is 39,517,045 in 2013 against 37,527,703 in 2012, according to the study. APS (c) 2014 All Rights Reserved Provided by Syndigate.info, an Albawaba.com company |