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United Arab Emirates: Mobile cellular subscriptions

203.21per 100 people · 2024-0.5% since 2014

Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services. Annual figures for United Arab Emirates from 1982 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024203.206
2023199.424
2022195.625
2021186.301
2020194.468
2019209.033
2018214.842
2017214.701
2016220.412
2015206.839
2014204.192
2013205.105
2012183.741
2011162.894
2010157.473
2009159.114
2008148.473
2007137.458
2006110.185
200597.199
200483.16
200370.897
200261.364
200151.276
200040.878
199926.868
199816.887
199711.266
19967.534
19955.299
19943.928
19933.175
19922.312
19912.141
19901.767
19891.392
19880.821
19870.87
19860.762
19850.574
19840.377
19830.288
19820.2

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Telecommunication Union. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Mobile cellular subscriptions. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-mobile-cellular-subscriptions (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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