Electronic communication services, 2nd quarter 2023

The number of mobile network users is steadily growing

The number of mobile network users continued to increase in the 2nd quarter of 2023. On the other hand, the number of outgoing calls and messages continued to decrease. Telephone traffic also decreased. 

  • 20 September 2023 at 10:30
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  • Updated
  • 20 September 2023 at 12:39
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  • provisional data
More mobile network users

At the end of the 2nd quarter of 2023, there were about 2,700,000 mobile network users in Slovenia. In one year, their number went up by 2%. The number of business subscribers increased the most, by 4%.

Fewer calls and less traffic

Over 478 million outgoing calls from Slovene mobile networks were recorded. This was 3% fewer than in the same quarter of 2022. 

Almost 21 million hours of total outgoing traffic from Slovene mobile networks were recorded. Outgoing mobile traffic decreased by 3% over the same quarter in the previous year. The same is true for national outgoing mobile traffic, while international decreased by 7%.

Fewer messages, but more data transfer

Users sent over 522 million SMS messages or a tenth fewer than in the 2nd quarter of 2022, and over 30 million MMS messages or 1% fewer. 

Over 105 million gigabytes of data were transferred via the mobile network, which is the most ever. Compared to the 2nd quarter of 2022, users transferred 44% more data. 

Tables with the latest data are available in the SiStat Database.
Outgoing traffic of fixed and mobile telephony, Slovenia
Outgoing traffic of fixed and mobile telephony, Slovenia
Average number of outgoing calls and SMS messages sent per mobile network user, Slovenia, 2nd quarter 2023
Average number of outgoing calls and SMS messages sent per mobile network user, Slovenia, 2<sup>nd</sup> quarter 2023
Data transfer via mobile network, Slovenia
Data transfer via mobile network, Slovenia
Electronic communication services, Slovenia
Q2 2023Q1–Q2 2023Q2 2023
Q2 2022
Q2 2023
Q1 2023
Q1–Q2 2023
Q1–Q2 2022
numbergrowth rate (%)
Fixed telephony service
Outgoing traffic (1,000 minutes)1)59,762125,784-14.7-9.5-16.8
  national56,311118,775-14.6-9.9-16.7
  international3,4517,009-16.0-3.0-18.2
Classical main telephone lines2) 55,964--16.3-4.8-
VoIP connections2)595,824--1.7-1.2-
Mobile telephony service
Outgoing traffic (1,000 minutes)3)1,237,4932,516,894-3.3-3.3-5.4
  national1,203,2672,452,534-3.2-3.7-5.4
  international34,22664,360-6.613.6-6.6
Mobile network users2) 2,697,932-2.40.7-
  mobile network subscribers2)2,216,188-3.00.6-
  mobile network prepaid users2)481,744--0.31.0-
SMS messages sent (1,000)522,0891,051,509-9.6-1.4-8.9
Data transfer on mobile broadband (1,000 GB)105,102206,01543.74.243.0
Internet access
Broadband Internet connections2) 680,118-1.3-0.6-
  optical fiber access connections2)368,931-8.80.9-
1) Voice traffic without traffic to internet dial-up service providers.
2) At the end of the corresponding quarter.
3) Data in thousand minutes are converted to hours in the commentary.
METHODOLOGICAL NOTE
Provisional data for the 2nd quarter of 2023 will become final with the publication of provisional data for the 2nd quarter of 2024 at the end of September 2024. In the final data any potential corrections or revisions that will occur during the year will be included.

With the publication of these data, the data for the 2nd quarter of 2022 became final. Revised data have been entered in the SiStat Database.

Additional explanations are available in the methodological explanations.
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