The average Ugandan internet subscriber uses 582.2 MB of data per month worth about UGX 3,000, the Daily Monitor reported, citing the Uganda Communications Commissions (UCC). Uganda currently has 18.8 million internet subscribers, who, from January to March, consumed at least 49 billion MB. This was a growth of at least 6.7 billion MB from 42.3 billion MB between October and December 2019.
The UCC report indicates that on average, Ugandan internet subscribers used 555 MB in January, 546 MB in February and 664 MB in March. The market has averaged 16.34 billion MB downloaded per month during the first quarter, with a traffic peak of 18.3 billion in March. The growth was related to early demand for data during the initial lockdown period in March.
The new growth in mobile broadband traffic at the end of the quarter may be largely attributed to demand for data packages to work from home early in the lockdown, says the report. The number of internet subscribers grew from 16.9 million in December 2019 to 18.8 million in March. The UCC said this translates into a penetration rate of 45 internet connections per 100 people. During the quarter, 1.2 million new broadband connections were registered, up from 1.4 million new subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2019.
