POTRAZ report, third quarter 2025
Every headline figure the regulator published for this quarter, with how each one moved on Q2 2025. Each line opens the topic it belongs to.
16.43mActive subscribers by network
105%Mobile penetration rate
144 PBMobile data used, by network
| Figure | Q3 2025 | On the quarter | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active subscribers by network | 16.43m | up 2.1% | Mobile subscribers |
| Mobile penetration rate | 105% | up 2.1% | Mobile subscribers |
| Mobile data used, by network | 144 PB | up 10.7% | Voice, SMS and data usage |
| National voice minutes | 4.63bn | up 10.3% | Voice, SMS and data usage |
| Messages sent within a network | 2.47bn | Voice, SMS and data usage | |
| Active internet subscriptions | 12.99m | up 1.3% | Internet subscriptions |
| Fibre, leased lines, satellite and DSL | 225,413 | up 4.9% | Internet subscriptions |
| Internet penetration rate | 82.9% | up 1.3% | Internet subscriptions |
| International bandwidth, by carrier | 1,586 Gbps | up 8.9% | Internet subscriptions |
| Data carried on fixed networks | 441 PB | up 18.4% | Internet subscriptions |
| Fixed broadband subscriptions | 356,039 | up 7.6% | Internet subscriptions |
| Machine to machine lines | 231,564 | down 4.9% | Internet subscriptions |
| Base stations, 2G to 5G | 12,724 | up 2.5% | Base stations and coverage |
| 4G base stations, by network | 3,418 | up 3.8% | Base stations and coverage |
| 5G base stations | 319 | up 26.6% | Base stations and coverage |
| How much of the land each generation covers | 58.3% | Base stations and coverage | |
| How many rural people each generation reaches | 28.1% | Base stations and coverage | |
| What the mobile networks spend to earn a dollar | 57.2% | up 10.3% | Telecoms revenue and jobs |
| Landlines and internet calling lines | 301,613 | up 0.3% | Fixed telephone lines |
| Minutes on fixed lines | 49.75m | up 0.8% | Fixed telephone lines |
| Who holds the internet calling lines | 5.1% | down 0.8% | Fixed telephone lines |
| Letters and parcels carried | 359,794 | down 18.1% | Postal and courier |
| Letters against courier parcels, inside the country | 316,475 | down 10.4% | Postal and courier |
| Post offices and courier outlets | 491 | down 0.6% | Postal and courier |