(MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The number of mobile subscribers in Jordan recorded an unexpected growth during the third quarter of 2009, reaching 101 percent of the country's total six million population amid earlier 95 percent expectations, official statistics mentioned on Saturday.
Chief Executive at the state Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (TRC) Ahmad Hiyasat attributed the sudden surge of users after the third quarter of the year to lucrative packages, competitive prices and mobile conferencing services introduced by mobile providers in the kingdom.
The country's three mobile providers include Kuwaiti-owned Zain Jordan, Orange Jordan and Umniah (an affiliate of Bahrain's Batelco).
On internet services, the official said that statistics registered a 28-percent prevalence among residents.
He also said he expects this number to rise by the year 2012, to reach 50 percent in accordance with government's plans to develop the telecommunications and information technology sector in the country.
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