{"id":11143,"date":"2013-10-25T01:45:03","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T01:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/mobile-phone-subscribers-hit-6-7-million\/"},"modified":"2013-10-25T01:44:53","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T01:44:53","slug":"mobile-phone-subscribers-hit-6-7-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/mobile-phone-subscribers-hit-6-7-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile phone subscribers hit 6.7 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Mobile phone subscribers have reached over 6.7 million, with 63.7 per cent of the population able to access a mobile phone, according to the latest figures from Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (Rura).}<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-3854 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/png\/untitled.2.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>This is an increase from over 5.9 million (55.1 per cent) recorded in the last quarter.<\/p>\n<p>MTN still dominates with 3,636,976 subscribers followed by Tigo with 2,099,807 and Airtel  at 973,000 subscribers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-3855 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/png\/untitled.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Rura projects the number will shoot up to seven million subscribers by December.<\/p>\n<p>Mobile phones have become powerful tools, especially with a new wave of applications and \u2018mash-ups\u2019 of services, driven by high-speed networks, social networking, online crowd sourcing and innovation, which are helping transform the lives of people of billions of users.<\/p>\n<p>There are an estimated six billion mobile phone users globally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Mobile phone subscribers have reached over 6.7 million, with 63.7 per cent of the population able to access a mobile phone, according to the latest figures from Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (Rura).} This is an increase from over 5.9 million (55.1 per cent) recorded in the last quarter. 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