Africa-Press – Cape verde. Fixed and mobile telephone services saw a slight increase in the second half of 2025, while internet access declined during the same period, according to the Electronic Communications Market Statistical Indicators Report released today by the Multisectoral Regulatory Agency for the Economy (ARME).
According to this document, at the end of June 2025, Fixed Telephone Services (STF) saw a slight increase of 0.12% compared to the first quarter of 2025 and a 2% increase compared to the same quarter of 2024.
The report found that CV Telecom held 99.1 percent and Unitel T+ 0.9 percent of the fixed telephone subscriber market share.
Regarding voice traffic, in the second quarter of 2025, approximately 3.30 million minutes were generated on the fixed network, corresponding to a 14 percent decrease compared to the first quarter of 2025.
Compared to the same period in 2024, there was an 18% decrease due to a 21% reduction in domestic traffic and a 22% reduction in incoming international traffic.
Regarding Mobile Telephony Service, the total number of active SIM cards was 592,769, representing a 1% increase compared to the first quarter of 2025 and a 3% increase compared to the same period in 2024. The penetration rate during this period was 115%.
CV Telecom held 68% and Unitel T+ 32% of the total number of active SIM cards as of June 2025.
Regarding internet access, there was a 2 percentage point (p.p.) decrease in the distribution of services by technology compared to the first quarter of 2025 and the same period in 2024.
There was also a reduction of approximately 9% and 1% in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the first quarter of 2025 and the same period last year.
This reduction was due to a decrease of approximately 17% in mobile broadband and a 2% increase in fixed broadband.
Regarding market shares by number of internet access subscriptions, CV Telecom registered a reduction of 1 p.p., while Unitel T+ and Starlink increased by 1.40 p.p. and 0.12 p.p., respectively.
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