How many minutes and internet do Albanians spend? AKEP: Average monthly consumption falls in the third quarter
Albanians spent less internet, outgoing minutes and SMS during the third quarter of 2024. The latest data from the Electronic and Postal Communications Authority show that Albanians consumed an average of 125 outgoing minutes, 11 SMS and 8.54 GB of internet each month in the quarter of third. Estimated with the April-June period, the average volume of outgoing minutes, SMS messages and the Internet has decreased. However, compared to last year, the use of the Internet and SMS results in an increase.
In terms of the total volume and not the average volume, SMS messages have recorded an increase of 2.5% compared to the third quarter of last year. In July-September, Albanians sent 95 million SMS messages.
On the other hand, the amount of Internet traffic on mobile networks during the period July-September 2024 was about 61 million gigabytes. The total outgoing calls generated by mobile subscribers in Albania was about 1 billion minutes, with a decrease of 6% calculated with the third quarter of 2023.
According to official statistics, the total number of SIM cards that are active in the mobile network is 3.8 million. The number of active mobile phone users during July-September 2024 reached about 2.8 million, which represents an increase of about 11.1% with Q2 2024 and a decrease of about 6.8% with Q3 2023. Meanwhile, the number of active users of broadband Internet access from mobile networks in the third quarter of 2024 was about 2.3 million, which represents an increase of about 15.1% with the previous quarter and a decrease of 6.5% compared to the third quarter of 2023.
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