Mobile data usage in Jordan increased by 29 percent during the second quarter of 2026. Data from the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission indicates that consumption reached 936 million gigabytes for the period ending 30 June 2026. This figure represents a significant rise from the 724 million gigabytes recorded during the same quarter in 2025. The shift reflects a growing demand for digital connectivity across the country. According to reports from the Jordan News Agency (Petra), these statistics confirm a consistent upward trend in consumer reliance on mobile networks for information and communication services. The figures provide a clear baseline for evaluating the performance of the telecommunications sector throughout the current year as demand continues to evolve among users in Amman and other regions.
Mobile Connectivity Trends Observed
Mobile broadband subscriptions in Jordan increased by 2.4 percent to reach 8.4 million during the second quarter of 2026. This total grew from 8.2 million subscriptions recorded in the same quarter of 2025. Prepaid plans represented 61 percent of all mobile subscriptions for the second quarter of 2026, while postpaid plans accounted for the remaining 39 percent. Adoption of mobile 5G technology also expanded significantly. 5G subscriptions climbed to 533,000 in the second quarter of 2026, marking a 121.6 percent increase over the 240,500 subscriptions reported in the second quarter of 2025. These figures track the current composition of mobile network access across the country.
Voice and Messaging Habits
Mobile voice call traffic in Jordan reached approximately 7 billion minutes during the second quarter of 2026. Data from the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission indicates that 97 percent of this volume consisted of local calls, while international calls accounted for the remaining 3 percent.
Text messaging volume followed a different trajectory, falling 47.6 percent during the same period. Users sent 180 million SMS messages in the second quarter of 2026, a decline from the 344 million messages recorded in the second quarter of 2025. These figures track the shifting communication habits of consumers as reliance on traditional messaging services continues to decrease across the country.
Fixed Broadband Market Performance
Fixed broadband internet subscriptions in Jordan rose by 1.3 percent during the second quarter of 2026, reaching a total of 830,000. Data provided by the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission indicates that this level of adoption corresponds to a household penetration rate of 33 percent across the country.
Consumption of fixed broadband data grew by 28.5 percent during the same three-month period, totaling 1.8 billion gigabytes. Individual usage patterns indicate that the average fixed broadband subscription consumed 749 gigabytes of data per month during the second quarter of 2026.
Fixed voice service subscriptions experienced a decline, falling 1.2 percent to 478,000 by the end of the second quarter of 2026. These figures track the current performance of fixed-line infrastructure and consumer service preferences as documented by the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission.
