Amman, July 6 (Petra) – 5G mobile subscriptions in the Kingdom surged
to 433,400 during the first quarter of 2026, according to data
released Monday by the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission
(TRC).

This marks a 35% increase from the 320,700 subscriptions recorded in
the final quarter of 2025 and a 95% jump, compared to the 221,900
reported in the same period last year.

Fixed-line voice subscriptions dropped annually from 484,000 to about
465,000 in Q1. Of the current subscriptions, the market share is
split between residential users at 68% and business customers at 32%,
according to the TRC’s latest quarterly telecommunications data.

Fixed broadband subscriptions increased 1.3% year over year to
829,000, with household penetration reaching 33.2%.

Fixed-line voice traffic fell 22.7% to 7.5 million minutes from 9.7
million minutes in the first quarter of 2025. Domestic calls
accounted for 81% of total traffic, while international calls made up
the remaining 19%.

Mobile broadband subscriptions rose 3.4% year over year to 8.3
million. Prepaid plans accounted for 62% of subscriptions, with
postpaid plans accounting for 38%. Combined voice-and-data
subscriptions made up 79% of the total, while data-only subscriptions
were 21%.

Mobile voice traffic reached 6.3 billion minutes during the quarter,
with 97% of calls made domestically and 3% internationally. SMS usage
continued to decline, falling 59% year over year to 173 million
messages from 422.9 million.

Mobile subscription penetration reached 68.6% of Jordan’s total
population at the end of the first quarter, up slightly from 68.4% a
year earlier. Among residents aged 15 and older, penetration stood at
105.5%.

Mobile broadband data consumption climbed 25% year over year to 844
million gigabytes.

Fiber-optic connections continued to dominate the fixed broadband
market, accounting for 79.6% of subscriptions, or about 660,000
connections. Fixed broadband wireless access (FBWA) represented 15.3%
of subscriptions, while xDSL accounted for 4.8%.

Fixed broadband data usage rose 21.4% year over year to 1.7 billion
gigabytes. Average monthly data consumption per fixed broadband
subscription increased to 700 GB, up from 575 GB a year earlier.

Meanwhile, leased-line subscriptions edged down 0.8% to 24,300 at the
end of the first quarter, compared with 24,500 a year earlier.

//Petra// HA