Electronic communication services, 1st quarter 2022

Mobile network users called more and wrote more messages

At the end of the 1^st quarter of 2022, there were more mobile network users. They made more outgoing calls from all mobile networks than a year ago. They made less telephone traffic but sent more SMSs and MMSs.

20 June 2022 at 10:30
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The number of business mobile network subscribers grew the most

At the end of the 1^st quarter of 2022, the number of mobile network users in Slovenia exceeded 2,613,000. In one year, it went up by 2%. The number of subscribers as well as prepaid users increased. The number of business subscribers increased the most, namely by 5%.

Outgoing telephone calls increased from all mobile networks

Almost 475 million outgoing calls from Slovene mobile networks were recorded. This was 1% more than in the 1^st quarter of 2021. National outgoing mobile calls increased by 1% as well and increased in all networks. The number of international calls increased by 12%.

Less outgoing national and international mobile telephone traffic

In the 1^st quarter of 2022, about 23 million hours of total outgoing traffic from Slovene mobile networks were recorded. Outgoing mobile traffic decreased by 6% over the previous year. At the annual level, national outgoing mobile traffic decreased by 6% and international by 5%. In one year, outgoing mobile traffic decreased for both types of users and in all types of networks.

The growth of SMSs and MMSs sent by business users higher than by private ones

About 577 million SMS messages were sent, 7% more than in the 1^st quarter of 2021. Private users sent 5% more and business users 15% more. In addition, almost 29 million MMS messages were sent or 4% more. Most SMS and MMS messages were sent by private users (78% and 77%, respectively).

Data transfer on mobile broadband still continues to grow considerably

Almost 71 million gigabytes of data were transferred on mobile broadband. Data transfer via Wi-Fi wireless technology is not included. Compared to the 1^st quarter of 2021, data transfer increased by 27%.

Half of users access the Internet via optical fiber

At the end of the 1^st quarter of 2022, there were almost 675,000 broadband Internet connections in Slovenia. In one year, the total number of broadband Internet connections increased by 3%. Of these, the number of optical fiber access connections, which account for half of all broadband connections, increased by 12%. The number of cable modem connections decreased by 2% at the annual level and the number of xDSL connections by 10%.

Tables with the latest data are available in the SiStat Database.

Outgoing traffic of fixed and mobile telephony, Slovenia

Data services, Slovenia

Data transfer on mobile broadband, Slovenia

Electronic communication services, Slovenia

	I–III 2022	I–III 2022 I–III 2021	I–III 2022 X–XII 2021
	number	index
Fixed telephony service
Outgoing traffic (1,000 minutes)¹⁾³⁾	81,083	81.8	95.3
national	76,622	82.1	95.5
international	4,461	76.6	91.6
Classical main telephone lines²⁾	69,591	85.3	96.0
VoIP connections²⁾	609,852	100.5	99.7

Mobile telephony service
Outgoing traffic (1,000 minutes)³⁾	1,381,084	94.1	99.7
national	1,348,840	94.1	99.8
international	32,244	94.7	95.2
Mobile network users²⁾	2,613,346	102.3	100.2
mobile network subscribers²⁾	2,134,971	102.4	100.3
mobile network prepaid users²⁾	478,375	101.5	100.1
SMS messages sent (1,000)	577,028	106.7	94.6
Data transfer on mobile broadband (1,000 GB)	70,995	127.3	108.3

Internet access
Broadband Internet connections²⁾	674,764	102.5	100.5
xDSL connections²⁾	147,162	89.9	97.7
optical fibre access connections²⁾	334,812	112.4	102.4

1) Voice traffic without traffic to internet dial-up service providers.

2) At the end of the corresponding quarter.

3) Data in thousand minutes are converted to hours in the commentary.

METHODOLOGICAL NOTE

Provisional data for the 1^st quarter of 2022 will become final with the publication of provisional data for the 1^stquarter of 2023 at the end of June 2023. In the final data any potential corrections or revisions that will occur during the year will be included.

With the publication of these data, the data for the 1^st quarter of 2021 became final. Revised data have been entered in the SiStat Database.

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