In June 2021, just over 11.9 billion short messages (SMS) were sent in Tanzania. The majority of these messages was made up of local off-net SMS which reached a 57 percent share during the second quarter of 2021. With its high number of outgoing national text messages, Tanzania surpassed fellow East African Community (EAC) country Kenya, where 14 billion SMS messages were sent domestically in the fourth quarter of 2020.
On-net SMS are messages that remain within the sender's home network, whereas off-net SMS are either sent from a different network or received by a number from a network operated by a different provider.
EA or EAC refers to the group of countries organized in the East African Community Organization: The Republics of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania.
Number of SMS messages sent in Tanzania from January 2018 to June 2021, by type and month
(in millions)
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TCRA. (July 29, 2021). Number of SMS messages sent in Tanzania from January 2018 to June 2021, by type and month (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1080244/sms-traffic-tanzania/
TCRA. "Number of SMS messages sent in Tanzania from January 2018 to June 2021, by type and month (in millions)." Chart. July 29, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1080244/sms-traffic-tanzania/
TCRA. (2021). Number of SMS messages sent in Tanzania from January 2018 to June 2021, by type and month (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1080244/sms-traffic-tanzania/
TCRA. "Number of Sms Messages Sent in Tanzania from January 2018 to June 2021, by Type and Month (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1080244/sms-traffic-tanzania/
TCRA, Number of SMS messages sent in Tanzania from January 2018 to June 2021, by type and month (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1080244/sms-traffic-tanzania/ (last visited December 26, 2024)
Number of SMS messages sent in Tanzania from January 2018 to June 2021, by type and month (in millions) [Graph], TCRA, July 29, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1080244/sms-traffic-tanzania/