ICT Infrastructure

LOCAL INDICES

ICT Infrastructure Readiness Indicators 
No Indicator  2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
1 Fixed-telephone subscriptions         372,200         380,000      389,500             413,100         434,300      458,700       478,700      469,100       462,100
  Domestic calls – volume                  
2 Fixed-to-fixed telephone traffic (million mins) (on net + off-net)               553               562 537                   501               459 442             442            442 297
3 Fixed-to-mobile telephone traffic (million mins)               323               313 295                   280               262 233             196            170 153
  Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions:                  
4 Total mobile cellular subscriptions      1,652,000      1,762,300    1,814,000          1,839,500      1,918,000   1,866,600     1,912,900    1,971,300     2,096,800
5 Prepaid mobile cellular subscritpions      1,527,000      1,629,000    1,664,600          1,677,800      1,738,400   1,169,600     1,691,200    1,724,800     1,809,400
6 Postpaid mobile cellular subscriptions         125,000         133,300      149,400             161,700         179,600      207,000       221,700      246,500       287,400
  Domestic mobile-telephone traffic (million mins)                  
6 Total domestic mobile traffic            2,160            2,055          1,893                1,813            1,771         1,718           1,587          1,394           1,307
7 Outgoing mobile traffic to same mobile network            1,822            1,704          1,549                1,492            1,436         1,385           1,267          1,084           1,004
8 Outgoing mobile traffic to other mobile networks               248               268            263                   254               261 262             252            237             229
9 Outgoing mobile traffic to fixed networks                90                84              81                     67                74 70               68              73               74
  International telephone traffic (million mins)                  
10 Outgoing fixed telephone traffic to international 22 22 18                     18                14 10 6                4                 3
11 Outgoing mobile phone traffic to international 82 70 58                     48                39 31 29              27               27
12 Incoming international traffic to fixed network 47 44 35                     29                22 18               11                9                 7
13 Incoming international traffic to mobile network 67 60 48                     37                30 24               17              16               12
14 Number of Mobile to mobile calls (million)            1,355            1,384          1,394                1,339            1,421         1,433           1,283          1,146           1,146
  Internet Subscriptions                  
16 Total Internet subscriptions         735,000         840,900 1,090,300          1,248,000      1,355,600   1,496,300     1,648,000    1,811,700     1,924,300
17 Fixed Internet subscriptions         186,000         200,500      215,100             248,400         275,000      307,200       323,200      329,000       334,300
18 Mobile Internet subscriptions         549,000         640,400      875,200             999,600      1,080,600   1,189,100     1,324,800    1,482,700     1,590,000
                     
  Narrowband Internet subscriptions                  
19 Total Narrowband subscriptions         156,000         179,300 226,900             256,100         254,100        79,600         79,200        71,100         65,400
20 Fixed Narrowband subscriptions            4,000            3,100          2,500                2,400               700            100             100            100  n/a 
21 Mobile Narrowband subscriptions         152,000         176,200      224,400             253,700          79,400        79,500         79,100        71,000         65,400
                     
  Broadband Internet subscriptions                  
22 Total Broadband Internet subscriptions         579,000         661,600      863,400             991,900      1,275,500   1,416,700     1,568,800    1,740,600     1,858,900
23 Fixed Broadband Internet subscriptions         182,000         197,400      212,600             246,000         274,200      307,200       323,200      328,900       334,300
24 Mobile Broadband Internet subscriptions         397,000         464,200      650,800             745,900      1,001,300   1,109,500     1,245,600    1,411,700     1,524,600
                     
25 Total Wireless Broadband subscriptions (including mobile, terrestrial fixed, USB dongles) 404,000 475,300 663,100             779,600      1,044,800   1,158,900     1,298,200    1,467,900     1,580,300
26 Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions, by speed                  
  a) 256 kbit/s to less than 2 Mbit/s subscriptions         156,300         112,200        67,800               43,921          51,800        53,983         54,954        57,317         57,900
  b) 2 Mbit/s to less than 10 Mbit/s subscriptions            7,500            6,700          3,600                1,963               800            596             541            345             300
                     
  FTTH                  
  Less than 10 Mbps                  53,813        58,124      
  10 Mbps          17,394          61,497      134,500             170,359         188,492      168,492       142,985      121,068         54,237
  20 Mbps               618            2,499          6,400               10,706          18,393        62,657       101,845      110,831       163,123
  30 Mbps               234               596          1,500                1,964            3,887         2,170           1,413            761           8,561
  50 Mbps        –                  –           2,618           4,632        16,223         32,542
  80 Mbps        –                  –                –                 –                  1           2,684
  100 Mbps                525                   961               840            895             889          5,195           8,648
  500 Mbps        –                  –                –                 –              403             969
  1 GBps        –                  –                –                 –              102             320
  512 KB Fiber        –             3,363         2,754           1,987          1,460           1,020
  Business Boost 20 M        –             5,744         7,172           7,809          8,462  
  Business Boost 30 M        –   –   –   –   –              456
  Business Boost 50 M        –             2,650         3,157           3,372          3,565  
  Business Boost 80 M        –                  –                –                 –                  1           1,331
  Business Boost 100 M        –             1,471         1,933           2,170          2,499  
  Business Boost 500 M        –                  –                –                 –                  5           2,247
  Business Boost 1 Gbps        –                  –                –                 –                  2             174
27 International Internet bandwidth Usage in Gbit/s              17.1              21.3           42.5                  43.0                65            102             145            211             236
28 Fixed Telephone lines per 100 inhabitants              29.5              29.7 30.8 32.6            34.31 36.24 36.79 37 37
29 Fixed Telephone lines household penetration rate       82.69 86.64 91.48 91.98    
30 Mobile phone suscriptions per 100 inhabitants 130.93 139.55 143.50 145.38 151.54 147.50             151            156             166
31 Internet subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 58.25 66.59 86.27 98.63 107.11 118.24 114.66            143             153
32 Broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 45.89 52.39 68.30 78.39 87.03 98.48 123.91 137.72 147.39
33 Fixed(Wired)-Broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 14.42 15.63 16.82 19.44 21.70 23.07 25.53 26.02 26.51
34 Mobile Broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 31.46 36.76 51.49 58.95 65.40 68.00 98.39 111.70 120.89
35 International Internet Bandwidth, bit/s, per user 33.03 33.67 62.27 58.59 84.19 123.64      
  International Internet bandwidth per inhabitant (In kbit/s)     33.63 33.98 51.36 80.37 114.51 167.18 187.12
  Total population (Rep. of Mauritius) 1,261,743      1,262,862 1,263,820 1,265,309 1,265,637 1,265,475 1,266,030 1,263,888 1,261,196
36 Internet Users (12 years and above)         586,710         632,694      682,463             733,879         773,304      822,559       864,698    
  % of population using Internet 46.5 50.1 54 58 61.1 65 68.3    
  Population covered by Mobile Telephony                99                99              99                     99                99              99               99              99