Egypt- 46.2 million local internet users by end of August 2014


(MENAFN- Daily News Egypt) A report issued in November by the Ministry of Communications showed that internet usage grew by 3.9% for August 2014 to reach a total of 46.2 million users.

This represents a rise up from 44.5 million users in July. Internet penetration increased1.9% to reach a total of 54.1% internet users in Egypt at the end of August 2014. The percentage of families with access to internet reached 55.6%.

The report also showed growth in internet access via mobile phones with 7.2% in August over July, with the total number of mobile internet users reached 20.2 million. USB internet users grew at a rate of 4.7% bringing the total 3.8 million users in July to 4.02 million users at the end of August.

ADSL subscribers grew slightly by 1.3% to bring the total number of ADSL users to 2.9 million, up from 2.8 million users last July.


Daily News Egypt

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