United Arab Emirates
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)

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.

Global rank#4out of 151 countries
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Historical trend

22016511055.30.2198220032024United Arab Emirates · 2024: 203United Arab Emirates

Analytical takeaways

  • United Arab Emirates records 203 for Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) in 2024, ranking #4 globally out of 151 countries.
  • Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) increased from 0 in 1982 to 203 in 2024, a gain of 203.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

Comparison

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