The total revenue and traffic for local and international calls has made a significant drop in favor of higher data consumption for the first time in Bahrain since 2008.
While traditional voice services have also dropped in use by 17% between 2014 and 2015, it’s expected that the data revenues will most definitely overtake voice. Deputy of general director of TRA Bahrain, Sheikh Nasser Bin Mohamed Al Khalifa, said: “The popularity of mobile services is undeniable at this point. Innovation in addition to investment in telecoms infrastructure and services are key to realizing the potential of today’s mobile economy.”
“With the increasing popularity of smart devices, forecasts predict that mobile subscriptions may pass eight billion users globally as early as 2022, 4.1 Billion of which will be made up of LTE subscriptions,” he added.
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