Internet, cable and telephony users on the up

According to the National Statistics Office (NSO’s) quarterly analysis of the Maltese IT sector, internet subscriptions stood at around 277,200 at the end of March 2005, an increase of 8.2% on the same time the previous year, with cable TV customers increasing 2.7% to 127,500. The number of mobile phone customers increased by 18.7% to 315,393 at the same date, translating to a penetration rate of 78.5%; of the total 24,626 were contract customers with 290,767 being pre-paid. Fixed line subscriptions rose by 1.2% during the period to 104,600.