{Rwanda had a mobile penetration rate of 71.6 percent on 30 September compared with 64.3 percent in January, New Times reported. }
The Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (Rura) said that Tigo had 2.69 million subscribers compared with 2.64 million in August. This is an addition of 50,653 clients month-on-month. MTN gained close to 12,000 new subscribers over the period, expanding from 3.73 million in August to 3.74 million customers in September.
Airtel Rwanda, however, lost 26,390 subscribers during the period, falling from 1.12 million subscribers in August to 1.1 million at the end of September.
Jean Baptiste Mutabazi, the head of communication and media regulation at Rura, said promotions increase activities in the industry and he is optimistic that penetration levels would start inching up at a monthly average of one percent from the current average of 0.7 percent.
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