MUSCAT – The latest data released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) showed that the active postpaid mobile subscriptions rose by 6.2 percent to 1,313,837 subscriptions, while active prepaid mobile subscriptions declined by 2.1 percent to 5,305,401 subscriptions.
Subscriptions to Internet of Things (IoT) machine-to-machine (M2M) services recorded a 9.3 percent 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 percent, reaching 5,534,086 subscriptions. Meanwhile, total active fixed broadband subscriptions stood at 591,630, up by 0.5 percent compared to the end of June 2025.
Regarding fixed broadband technologies, Fiber-to-the-Home/Building (FTTH/B) subscriptions increased by 7.4 percent, reaching 364,487 subscriptions by the end of June 2026.
In contrast, Fixed 5G subscriptions declined by 2.5 percent to 210,125 subscriptions, while Fixed 4G subscriptions fell sharply by 73 percent to 5,666 subscriptions.
Subscriptions to Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) services decreased by 20.9 percent to 8,933 subscriptions. Meanwhile, satellite broadband subscriptions recorded the highest growth rate among fixed internet technologies, surging by 134.3 percent to 1,696 subscriptions.
The total number of active fixed-line telephone subscriptions also increased by 0.2 percent, reaching 439,829 subscriptions by the end of June 2026.
International internet bandwidth expanded by 31.8 percent, reaching 5.382 million Mbps by the end of June 2026.