The number of Internet users in Tanzania rose to 19.86 million in 2016 from 17.26 million in 2015, the state-run Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) said in a report.
According to the report, the East Africa's second-biggest economy, posted a 0.9 percent annual increase in the number of mobile phone subscribers last year to 40.17 million, its telecoms industry regulator said on Tuesday.
Mobile phone use has surged in Tanzania and other African countries over the past decade, helped by the launch of cheaper smartphones.
Mobile money users grew to 18.08 million last year from 17.63 million previously.
Telecommunications is one of the fastest-growing sectors in the country, which has a population of around 50 million.
Mobile phone operators in Tanzania include Vodacom Tanzania, a unit of South Africa's Vodacom, Tigo Tanzania, which is part of Sweden's Millicom, Bharti Airtel Tanzania, and Halotel, owned by Vietnam-based telecoms operator Viettel.
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