Sales of landline telephone services in 2018 dropped by almost 20% to 556.8 million lei. Data aggregated by the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI) show that the number of subscribers decreased by 35,600 (-3.1%) to roughly 1.1 million users.
ANRCETI said in a press release the decrease in the number of subscribers was due to the overall shrinking of the subscribers’ base of all the 23 active landline telephone service providers. The national operator Moldtelecom reported a 2.7% drop in subscribers and alternative providers reported a 6.4% decrease.
The amount of voice traffic in this sector decreased by 248.9 million minutes (-15.7%) and amounted to more than 1.3 billion minutes. Traffic to international networks decreased by 31.2%, to other national landline networks - by 15.8%, and to mobile networks - by 11.8%. Average monthly voice traffic per subscriber amounted to 156 minutes.
As of late 2018, Moldtelecom had a market share of 95.5% by sales, and alternative service providers had 4.5% combined.
