Listed telecommunications giant,
According to the
At the same time, NetOne and Telecel lost market share by 8.1 percent and 0.6 percent, respectively.
"A total of 16,834 Terabytes of mobile Internet and data was consumed in the fourth quarter of 2020. This represents a 13.1 percent increase from 14,878 Terabytes consumed in the third quarter of 2020," Potraz said.
"In-bundle data constituted 97.1 percent of total mobile Internet and data usage, up from 95.1 percent recorded in the third quarter of 2020," said the report.
Industry experts said
In an effort to meet consumers' ever-changing needs,
POTRAZ has urged more investment in data infrastructure to expedite the country's digital transformation journey by increasing access to data services to support critical imperatives such as online education, health and economic recovery, among others.
"Covid-19 will not go away so soon, but its spread will decrease owing to ongoing vaccinations across the globe and at national level. Hence, prospects for economic recovery are bright especially given the expectation of a maize bumper harvest. This will boost agro-based production, which has not been the case for a long time," the regulator said.
"The anticipated increase in economic activity will create more employment opportunities and increase disposable incomes, which will help boost aggregate demand."
The report noted that
"Hence, digitalisation is likely to be scaled up, with operators repositioning themselves by upgrading and automating their networks to enhance agility to deliver new services and applications to meet fast changing and versatile consumer demands.
"Coverage only, will no longer be a key strategic factor, hence we may see operators investing more in faster broadband technologies such as 4G and probably 5G. Given the demand in broadband, and the competition in its provision, there will be renewed focus on customers' needs by taking a more refined approach to customer engagement," read part of the report.
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