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.
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.
1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 1st Quarter 2000 |
1.3 | 4.5 | 7.8 | 12.0 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 13.3 |