AMMAN – According to a survey on the usage
and spread of communications and information technology in households in 2022,
social media platforms have taken the lead in internet usage in Jordan.
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According to Al-Mamlaka TV, the survey,
conducted by the
Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship in
collaboration with the Department of Statistics, revealed that participation in
social media platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Twitter, TikTok,
and Instagram ranked highest among services used by individuals aged 5 and
older, reaching a percentage of 95.8 percent. The highest percentage was
recorded in the Northern region at 95.9 percent.
Following
social media, other services
included watching or downloading images, movies, videos, listening to or
downloading music, playing electronic games, or downloading them, with a
percentage of 78.6 percent. The highest percentage in this category was in the
Central region, reaching 81.4 percent.
A previous report by the Telecommunications
Regulatory Commission indicated that the penetration rate of fixed voice
communication services for households was 20.5 percent by the end of the fourth
quarter of the previous year. Regarding mobile communication services, the
penetration rate for the population was 67.47 percent.
The report also highlighted that the
penetration rate of broadband fixed internet services for households was 34
percent, with a wide-area fixed data usage of 958 million gigabytes and a
wide-area mobile data usage of 528 million gigabytes.
Regarding mobile voice communication
subscriptions, the report indicated that the total number of subscriptions by
the end of the fourth quarter of the previous year was 7.625635 million,
including 5.502722 million prepaid subscriptions and 2.122913 million postpaid
subscriptions.
The
Ministry of Digital Economy and
Entrepreneurship emphasized that the annual survey aims to provide a database
on the use of communications and information technology in Jordanian
households. The data is crucial for decision-makers and policy developers in
the telecommunications and information technology sector, providing insights
into the reality of communication and information technology usage, skills, and
barriers to adoption within households.
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