Subscribers to telcos in Kuwait reach 6m in Jan

Subscribers to the telecommunications companies in Kuwait reached 6.51 million in the month of January, according to the data of the international Data Portal Corporation, reports Al-Rai daily.

According to statistics prepared by the daily in this regard, this represents 8.5 percent of the total of 76.67 million subscribers in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The statistics also revealed that the number of internet users in Kuwait is 4.3 million, which represents 5.8 percent of the total of 58.8 million users in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

Kuwait ranks third in the Gulf in terms of phone subscribers out of the total population. The UAE came first at about 169.4 percent with 17 million subscribers (10.04 million people). Qatar ranked second at about 151.8 percent with 4.48 million subscribers (2.96 million people). Kuwait came first in terms of the number of internet users out of the total population, with 4.3 million users making up 99 percent of the population.

Meanwhile, the percentage of social media users in Kuwait, which is a total of 4.05 million users, constitute about 6.9 percent of the total of 58.89 million users in the six Gulf countries.

The number of local phone subscribers decreased by 7.4 percent on an annual basis, constituting about 149.5 percent of the country’s population, which grew by 1.3 percent to 4.3 million people.

According to Data Portal figures, the number of Internet users grew by 1.3 percent on an annual basis to reach about 4.3 million users, representing 99 percent of the number of residents in the country. The number of active social media users reached 4.05 million subscribers, which represents 93 percent of the population.