According to the data, Airtel had 11.05 million subscribers with a market share of 28 percent, Zantel ended the quarter with 1.84 million customers with 4 percent of market share while Vodacom with 32 percent market share had 12.71 million subscribers.

The statistics revealed that Tanzania Telecommunication Company (TTCL) had 304,214 subscribers as at 31 December 2015 with a market share of 1 percent. Tigo which had 28 percent market share had 11.1 million customers, Halotel had 3 percent market share with 1.23 million subscribers and Vodacom ended the quarter with 32 percent market share, a drop from 45 percent with 12.71 million subscriber base. Smart which signed up 1.56 million subscribers had 4 percent market share.

Tanzania's operators added 1.45 million new subscribers in the October-December 2015 compared with 1.03 million in the previous quarter while mobile phone data subscriptions rose to 39.81 million from 39.36 million in the previous quarter. The number of mobile money transfer users declined to 17.64 million from 19.98 million in the previous quarter. Tigo increased its traffic by 2.3 billion minutes while its total market grew by 2.8 billion, compared to Vodacom which dropped by 1.5 billion while Airtel grew by 1.5 billion.

Telecompaper.com