Jordan: fixed lines dropped from 0.6 to 0.5 millions, as mobile has continued to grow

[ame] Jordan's Department of Statistics has said in a report that the number of fixed landline subscribers in Jordan has dropped from 0.6 million in 2004 to 0.5 million subscribers in 2008 in favour of mobile subscriptions. The number of mobile service subscribers has increased from 1,624 million in 2004 to 5,300 million in 2008. The report also showed that 94% of Jordanian households owned cell phones in 2008, compared to 86% in 2007, and about 22% were connected to the internet in 2008, compared with about 16% in 2007. The number of Jordanian households who have ADSL service rose by 29% in 2008 compared to 2007.

Jordan landline numbers drop