Amman: 5G mobile subscriptions in the Kingdom surged to 433,400 during the first quarter of 2026, according to data released Monday by the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC).
According to Jordan News Agency, this marks a 35% increase from the 320,700 subscriptions recorded in the final quarter of 2025 and a 95% jump, compared to the 221,900 reported in the same period last year. Fixed-line voice subscriptions dropped annually from 484,000 to about 465,000 in Q1. Of the current subscriptions, the market share is split between residential users at 68% and business customers at 32%, according to the TRC's latest quarterly telecommunications data.
Fixed broadband subscriptions increased 1.3% year over year to 829,000, with household penetration reaching 33.2%. Fixed-line voice traffic fell 22.7% to 7.5 million minutes from 9.7 million minutes in the first quarter of 2025. Domestic calls accounted for 81% of total traffic, while international calls made up the remaining 19%.
Mobile broadband subscriptions rose 3.4% year over year to 8.3 million. Prepaid plans accounted for 62% of subscriptions, with postpaid plans accounting for 38%. Combined voice-and-data subscriptions made up 79% of the total, while data-only subscriptions were 21%.
Mobile voice traffic reached 6.3 billion minutes during the quarter, with 97% of calls made domestically and 3% internationally. SMS usage continued to decline, falling 59% year over year to 173 million messages from 422.9 million.
Mobile subscription penetration reached 68.6% of Jordan's total population at the end of the first quarter, up slightly from 68.4% a year earlier. Among residents aged 15 and older, penetration stood at 105.5%. Mobile broadband data consumption climbed 25% year over year to 844 million gigabytes.
Fiber-optic connections continued to dominate the fixed broadband market, accounting for 79.6% of subscriptions, or about 660,000 connections. Fixed broadband wireless access (FBWA) represented 15.3% of subscriptions, while xDSL accounted for 4.8%.
Fixed broadband data usage rose 21.4% year over year to 1.7 billion gigabytes. Average monthly data consumption per fixed broadband subscription increased to 700 GB, up from 575 GB a year earlier. Meanwhile, leased-line subscriptions edged down 0.8% to 24,300 at the end of the first quarter, compared with 24,500 a year earlier.