Samoa - Mobile cellular subscriptions

Mobile cellular subscriptions

Mobile cellular subscriptions in Samoa was 69,000.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 151,008.00 in 2016, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1960.

Definition: Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.

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Year Value
1960 0.00
1965 0.00
1970 0.00
1975 0.00
1976 0.00
1977 0.00
1978 0.00
1979 0.00
1980 0.00
1981 0.00
1982 0.00
1983 0.00
1984 0.00
1985 0.00
1986 0.00
1987 0.00
1988 0.00
1989 0.00
1990 0.00
1991 0.00
1992 0.00
1993 0.00
1994 0.00
1995 0.00
1996 0.00
1997 766.00
1998 1,480.00
1999 2,432.00
2000 2,500.00
2001 2,500.00
2002 2,700.00
2003 10,500.00
2004 16,000.00
2005 24,000.00
2006 45,500.00
2007 86,000.00
2010 90,000.00
2012 100,302.00
2013 99,887.00
2014 106,524.00
2015 120,517.00
2016 151,008.00
2017 124,211.00
2018 100,000.00
2019 84,000.00
2020 69,000.00

Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) in Samoa was 34.78 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 77.63 in 2016 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 1960.

Definition: Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.00
1965 0.00
1970 0.00
1975 0.00
1976 0.00
1977 0.00
1978 0.00
1979 0.00
1980 0.00
1981 0.00
1982 0.00
1983 0.00
1984 0.00
1985 0.00
1986 0.00
1987 0.00
1988 0.00
1989 0.00
1990 0.00
1991 0.00
1992 0.00
1993 0.00
1994 0.00
1995 0.00
1996 0.00
1997 0.45
1998 0.86
1999 1.40
2000 1.43
2001 1.43
2002 1.53
2003 5.92
2004 8.96
2005 13.35
2006 25.16
2007 47.24
2010 48.40
2012 53.04
2013 52.37
2014 55.42
2015 62.28
2016 77.63
2017 63.58
2018 50.99
2019 42.62
2020 34.78

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications