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The number of local internet subscribers dropped to 11.6 million in the quarter ending September 2013 up from 12.4 million in June 2013.  This represented a decline of 6.1 per cent and the first-ever negative growth recorded in the local Internet market.

According to the CCK Quarterly Sector Statistics Report for the first quarter of the 2013/14 financial year (July-September 2013) released today, the number of local internet users dipped to 19.1 million down from 19.6million posted in the previous quarter, effectively reducing the penetration rate of Internet services from 49.7% to 47.1%.

The decline is attributed to the revision of the national population figure from 39.5 million to 40.7 million as reflected in the Economic Survey 2013. 

During the same period, the mobile telephony subscribers increased by 2.5 per cent to reach 31.3million up from 30.5 recorded in the previous quarter.

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