Decrease in the number of subscribers to paging and trunking services


/ Updated on 24.01.2008

At the end of this year's first quarter, the Paging Service had registered a drop of 74.000 subscribers in its client base, which corresponds to a 61% decrease. Currently, the total number of clients for this service stands at approximately 46,600.

As a result of this tendency, which was already visible at the end of 1999, there was a significant drop in the number of calls. The total number of connections to these services never exceeded 366.000, which is equivalent to a 30% decrease.

Paging - Evolution in the number of subscribers (in thousands)
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1st Quarter

2000

4.2 17.9 31.2 58.6 88.2 134.7 177.3 302.8 264.3 120.2 46.6

Throughout the same period, the Trunking Service registered a 4% decrease in the number of subscribers, corresponding to a loss of over 500 subscribers. In comparison with the previous year's data, there has been a drop of circa 10% over the past 12 months, which is reflected in over 1.500 cessations.

Trunking - Evolution in the number of subscribers (in thousands)
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1st Quarter
2000
1.3 4.5 7.8 12.0 14.8 13.8 13.3