List of mobile network operators in Tanzania

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This is a list of mobile network operators in Tanzania: [1]

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As of 2018, there were an estimated 43,497,261 million mobile phone subscribers out of an estimated population of 53,853,702 people, representing an 80.77 percent penetration rate. [2] At the same time, the country's internet customers numbered 22,281,727, representing a 41.37 percent penetration rate. [2]

Market share

As of December 2018, the market share among Tanzanian mobile telephone operators, as reported by those operators, was as follows: [2]

RankOperatorCustomersMarket
share
percentage
1 Vodacom Tanzania Limited (trading as "Vodacom")14,143,65732.42
2 MIC Tanzania Limited (trading as "tiGo")12,583,64028.85
3 Airtel Tanzania Limited (trading as "Airtel")10,954,62125.11
4 Viettel Tanzania Limited (trading as "Halotel")3,942,2379.04
5Zanzibar Telecom Limited (trading as "Zantel")1,153,6412.64
6 Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited (trading as "TTCL")711,4111.63
7Benson Informatics Limited (trading as "Smart")132,2920.30
Total
43,621,499
100.00

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References

  1. Reuters (23 February 2018). "Tanzania internet users hit 23 million; 82 per cent go online via phones". The EastAfrican Quoting Reuters . Nairobi. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS STATISTICS: October - December 2018 Operators' Submissions" (PDF). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. Retrieved 10 February 2019.