Mobile
Telecommunications Subscriptions Reach 8.3 Million in Oman

Muscat,
10 Aug 2026 (ONA) — The total number of mobile telecommunications
subscriptions in the Sultanate of Oman increased by 1.3% by the end of June
2026, reaching 8,324,406 subscriptions, compared to the end of June 2025,
according to the latest data released by the National Centre for Statistics and
Information (NCSI).

The
data showed that the active postpaid mobile subscriptions rose by 6.2% to 1,313,837
subscriptions, while active prepaid mobile subscriptions declined by 2.1% to 5,305,401
subscriptions.

Subscriptions
to Internet of Things (IoT) machine-to-machine (M2M) services recorded a 9.3%
increase, reaching 1,705,168 subscriptions by the end of June 2026.

In
the internet services segment, the total number of active mobile broadband subscriptions
recorded a slight increase of 0.3%, reaching 5,534,086 subscriptions. Meanwhile,
total active fixed broadband subscriptions stood at 591,630, up by 0.5% compared
to the end of June 2025.

Regarding
fixed broadband technologies, Fiber-to-the-Home/Building (FTTH/B) subscriptions
increased by 7.4%, reaching 364,487 subscriptions by the end of June 2026.

In
contrast, Fixed 5G subscriptions declined by 2.5% to 210,125 subscriptions, while
Fixed 4G subscriptions fell sharply by 73% to 5,666 subscriptions.

Subscriptions
to Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) services decreased by 20.9% to 8,933
subscriptions. Meanwhile, satellite broadband subscriptions recorded the
highest growth rate among fixed internet technologies, surging by 134.3% to 1,696
subscriptions.

The
total number of active fixed-line telephone subscriptions also increased by 0.2%,
reaching 439,829 subscriptions by the end of June 2026.

International
internet bandwidth expanded by 31.8%, reaching 5.382 million Mbps by the end of
June 2026.

—Ends/AG