The mobile broadband Internet traffic in the first three months of 2020 increased by 41.1% compared with the corresponding period last year to 33.5 million GB. The mobile Internet traffic used through smartphones grew by 63.4% to 16.8 million GB, while the users of mobile Internet through dedicated access consumed by 24.1% more traffic, or a total of 16.7 million GB, IPN reports.

According to the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI), the mobile broadband Internet traffic penetration rate per 100 people is 85.7%.

The sales on this market segment grew by 8.8% on the same period last year to 298.6 million lei. The monthly average revenue per use of mobile Internet through the smartphone rose by 1.7% to 37.6%, while per user of dedicated mobile Internet increased by 2.1% to 87.6 lei.