On average, a Slovenian user sent an SMS message more often than called

In the 3rd quarter, the number of mobile network users and the amount of data transmission continued to grow. There were also more outgoing mobile calls. On the other hand, the number of messages decreased, as did the amount of telephone traffic.

Fewer short and multimedia messages, more data transfer

Users sent 492 million SMS messages or 7 % less than in the 3rd quarter last year and 29 million MMS messages or 1 % less. Almost 112 million gigabytes of data were transferred over the mobile network, the most ever. Users downloaded 40 % more data than last year's 3rd quarter.

More calls, less phone traffic

In total, more than 464 million outgoing phone calls were detected from Slovenian mobile networks. This was 2 % more than last year in the same quarter. A total of almost 20 million hours of outgoing traffic were measured from Slovenian mobile networks, or by 1 % less than in last year's 3rd quarter. The same applies to domestic traffic, while international traffic remained at the same annual level.

There are slightly fewer private mobile network users than the population

At the end of the observed quarter, the number of mobile network users in Slovenia exceeded 2,700,000. On an annual basis, they were 2 % more. The number of private users exceeded 2 million and at the end of the 3rd quarter was 4 % less than the number of inhabitants.

Outbound traffic of fixed and mobile telephony, Slovenia