Smartphones now on increase, report shows
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The number of internet users has risen from 5.3 million in 2011 to 19.86 million in 2016, the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority says in its latest report.
Dar es Salaam. Mobile phone companies are increasingly competing for data as the penetration rate for voice communication dwindles in mounting dominance of smartphones in the market, new statistics show.
The number of internet users has risen from 5.3 million in 2011 to 19.86 million in 2016, the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority says in its latest report.
The report, which covers the last quarter of 2016, shows that mobile wireless accounted for 18 million (90 per cent of the total number of internet users) in 2016, up from just 3.7 million of all internet users in 2011.
With the internet penetration rate jumping from 12 per cent to 34 and 40 per cent in 2011, 2015 and 2016 respectively.
