Mobile internet data usage increases 20% in Mexico during 2Q20

Statement from Mexico telecom regulator IFT

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• The average of data transferred per line of the mobile internet service was 4.3 GB; Furthermore, mobile internet service lines reached 96.4 million in June 2020, which implies an increase of 4 million more lines than those registered in the same month of 2019.
• In the same period, the number of mobile internet service lines per 100 inhabitants was 76, compared to 73 a year earlier.
• As of June 2020, the GDP of telecommunications and broadcasting services grew 13.2% annually, while the national GDP decreased 18.7 percent.
• In June 2020, there were more than 119 million mobile phone service lines, representing an annual growth of almost 1 percent.

The Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) makes available to the public various indicators of the economic outlook of the telecommunications and radio broadcasting (TyR) sectors in Mexico, as well as disaggregated information on mobile telecommunications services, updated to the second quarter of 2020 , which can be consulted in the Telecommunications Information Bank (BIT).

Mobile internet access service

• Mobile internet service lines reached 96.4 million in June 2020, which implies an increase of 4 million more lines than those registered in the same month of 2019.
• In the second quarter of 2020, the average data flow per mobile internet service line was 4.3 GB, an increase of 20% compared to the same month of 2019.
• At the national level, 76 lines per 100 inhabitants were reported in the mobile internet service in June 2020. By December 2019, this value was 77 lines per 100 inhabitants.

Mobile phone service

• As of June 2020, just over 119 million lines of mobile telephone service were registered, this represents a decrease of 2.9 million lines compared to December 2019.
• At this same period, the lines per 100 inhabitants are 93 nationwide, while in December 2019 they were 96.
• Accumulated mobile phone minute traffic in the second quarter decreased 1.5% compared to the same period in 2019.

T&B economic overview

• In the second quarter of 2020, the GDP of the T&B sectors was 515 billion pesos, which represented 3.4% of the National GDP, while in June 2019 this value represented 2.5%.
• As of June 2020, the GDP of telecommunications and broadcasting services grew 13.2% annually, while the national GDP decreased 18.7 percent
• From June 2013 to June 2020, the Communications Price Index (IPCOM) fell 27.5%; and the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) had an increase of 30.8% in the same period.
• As of June 2020, the accumulated Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the T&B sectors was 620 million dollars, which represents 3.4% of the total FDI captured in Mexico.
• With figures as of March 2020, the number of people employed in the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors had an annual decrease of 4.8%, going from 269,457 in March 2019 to 256,406 in March 2020.

The information contained in this release, as well as in the attached technical note, can be consulted and downloaded at the BIT, where the information is also presented by operator, type of contract, technology, at the state level and at the municipal level for some services.

The route is as follows: BIT -> Interactive Statistical Information -> Quarterly Statistical Information, at https://bit.ift.org.mx .

Likewise, the definition and the calculation methodology to estimate the indicators presented here and those found in the BIT can be consulted in the Manual of definitions of statistical telecommunications indicators, available at:

http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/contentgeneral/estadisticas/manualdefinicionesmarzo2018. pdf .