Mauritius Telecoms Market Report

Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Publication Date: June 2026

Report Pages: 150

Analyst: Henry Lancaster

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Summary
Table Of Contents

Mauritius Telecom expecting to provide 98% population coverage with 5G by end-2025

The telecom sector in Mauritius has long been supported by the varied needs of tourists. This has stimulated the mobile market, leading to a particularly high penetration rate. The response of the country’s telcos to tourist requirements also contributed to the country being among the first in the region to provide services based on 3G and WiMAX technologies. The incumbent telco Mauritius Telecom, part-owned by Orange Group, now provides comprehensive LTE and fibre broadband coverage, and in late 2021 it launched a gigabit fibre-based broadband service.

The country has seen improved international internet capacity in recent years, with direct cables linking to India, Madagascar, and South Africa, as well as other connections to Rodrigues and Reunion. Maurituis Telecom has proposed building the T4 cable to connect the island to South Africa, Madagascar, India, and Singapore in anticipation of the retirement of the SAFE cable and to provide further redundancy in the event of subsea cable disruptions.

The regulator in 2021 awarded 5G-suitable spectrum to all three MNOs directly rather than via an auction, since the regulator was keen to see services made available as soon as possible. Mauritius Telecom expected to provide 98% 5G population coverage by the end of 2025, while investments made by Emtel during the first quarter of 2025 intended to increase 5G coverage to 90%. This progress has helped the government’s ambition to make telecommunications a pillar of economic growth, and to have a fully digital-based infrastructure. Such infrastructure will also contribute to a revival of tourism, the mainstay of the economy.

Key developments:

T3 cable linking Mauritius to South Africa comes online.
Mauritius Telecom offers free mobile data packages for the youth market.
My.t mobile expecting to provide 98% coverage with 5G by end-2025.
Government makes progress with its 'Wi-Fi Mauritius' program.
Mauritius Telecom proposes building the 13,500km T4 cable connecting Africa, Indian Ocean islands, and Asia.
Emtel completes its IPO having offered 113.85 million ordinary shares.
Report update includes the regulator’s annual report for 2023 and market data to December 2024, Statistics Mauritius data for 2023, telcos' operating data to Q1 2025, updated Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Mauritius Telecom, Mahanagar Telephone (MTNL), Emtel (Millicom, Currimjee Jeewanjee, Bharti Airtel), Bharat Telecom, Network Plus, DCL Internet, Outremer Telecom

Key statistics
Regional Africa Market Comparison

Market characteristics
Market Leaders
Market Challengers
Market Emergents
TMI vs GDP
Mobile and mobile broadband penetration
Fixed versus mobile broadband penetration

Country overview
Telecommunications market

Market analysis

Regulatory environment

Telecommunications Act 1998
Information and Communication Technology Act 2001
National Telecommunications Policy (NTP – 2003, 2004)
National Broadband Policy 2012 – 2020
National ICT Strategic Plan 2011 – 2014
Digital Mauritius 2030
Smart Mauritius
Electronic Transaction Act
Regulatory authority
Fixed-line developments

Telecom sector liberalisation
Interconnection
Universal Service Fund (USF)
Privatisation

Mobile market developments

SIM card registration

Mobile market

Market analysis
Mobile statistics
Mobile infrastructure

5G
4G (LTE)
3G
Mobile data
Mobile broadband

Major mobile operators

My.t mobile
Emtel
Mahanagar (MTML)

Mobile content and applications

Mobile money

Fixed-line broadband market

Introduction and statistical overview
Broadband statistics
Broadband infrastructure

Internet Exchange Point (IXP)
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Networks
Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
Other fixed-line broadband services
Satellite broadband

Digital economy

E-government

Fixed network operators

Mauritius Telecom
Mahanagar (MTML)

Telecommunications infrastructure

Overview of the national telecom network
International infrastructure

Submarine fibre
Satellite

Appendix – Historic data
Glossary of abbreviations
Related reports

List of Tables

Table 1 – Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Mauritius – 2025 (e)
Table 2 – Development of ICT and telecom sector revenue (MUR billion) – 2012 – 2023
Table 3 – VAT raised on the ICT sector (MUR billion) – 2015 – 2023
Table 4 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Table 5 – Development of mobile local voice traffic – 2012 – 2024
Table 6 – Change in the number of mobile subscribers by type: prepaid and contract (million) – 2012 – 2024
Table 7 – Change in prepaid and contract penetration rate – 2012 – 2022
Table 8 – Change in mobile service revenue – 2012 – 2019
Table 9 – Decline in SMS traffic – 2012 – 2024
Table 10 – Development of internet data traffic (TB) – 2016 – 2023
Table 11 – Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2027
Table 12 – Increase in the number of My-t’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2023
Table 13 – Increase in the number of Emtel’s mobile sites – 2022 – 2024
Table 14 – Increase in the number of Emtel’s mobile subscribers – 2022 – 2024
Table 15 – Increase in the number of Emtel’s mobile data subscribers – 2022 – 2024
Table 16 – Increase in the number of Emtel’s fixed-broadband subscribers – 2022 – 2024
Table 17 – Development of Emtel’s financial data (MUR million) – 2019 – 2025
Table 18 – Development of Emtel’s service revenue by type (MUR million) – 2019 – 2025
Table 19 – Increase in the number of Emtel’s m-money transactions (million) – 2022 – 2025
Table 20 – Development of Emtel’s m-money revenue – 2023 – 2024
Table 21 – Increase in the number of internet subscribers and penetration rate – 2012 – 2024
Table 22 – Change in the number of internet subscribers by type – 2012 – 2024
Table 23 – Change in the number of broadband subscribers by type – 2012 – 2024
Table 24 – Change in the number of narrowband internet subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2024
Table 25 – Change in the number of narrowband internet subscribers by type – 2012 – 2024
Table 26 – Change in the number of total broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2024
Table 27 – Change in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Table 28 – Change in the number of wireless broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2024
Table 29 – Development of Mauritius Telecom Group’s financial results (MUR billion) – 2012 – 2023
Table 30 – Development of Mauritius Telecom company financial results (MUR billion) – 2012 – 2023
Table 31 – Development of Mauritius Telecom’s subscribers by sector – 2012 – 2023
Table 32 – Growth in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2012 – 2027
Table 33 – Decline in the number of fixed-line calls (million calls) – 2012 – 2024
Table 34 – Decline in the volume of fixed-line voice traffic (million minutes) – 2012 – 2024
Table 35 – Increase in international internet bandwidth usage – 2012 – 2024
Table 36 – International internet bandwidth usage per subscriber – 2012 – 2023
Table 37 – Historic - Fixed and fixed wireless lines in service and teledensity – 1999 – 2011
Table 38 – Historic – ICT penetration by service use – 2014; 2016
Table 39 – Historic - Internet subscribers and penetration rate – 1999 – 2011
Table 40 – Historic - Mobile voice traffic – 2006 – 2011
Table 41 – Historic - SMS traffic – 2006 – 2011
Table 42 – Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1995 – 2011
Table 43 – Historic - Active mobile broadband subscribers – 2007 – 2011
Table 44 – Historic - Emtel mobile subscribers – 2010 – 2014
Table 45 – Historic - Internet subscribers by type – 2006 – 2011
Table 46 – Historic - International internet bandwidth – 1999 – 2011
Table 47 – Historic - Broadband subscribers by type – 2004 – 2011
Table 48 – Historic - Broadband penetration (fixed and mobile) – 2006 – 2009
Table 49 – Historic - My.t DSL and dial-up subscribers – 2005 – 2015
Table 50 – Historic - Mauritius Telecom Group financial results (MUR billion) – 2004 – 2011
Table 51 – Historic - Active mobile broadband subscribers – 2007 – 2011
Table 52 – Historic – my-t mobile revenue – 2015 – 2017
Table 53 – Historic – my-t mobile subscribers (Orange Group own share) – 2013 – 2017
Table 54 – Historic - ICT and telecom sector revenue (MUR billion) – 2008 – 2011
Table 55 – Historic - International internet bandwidth per subscriber – 2007 – 2011

List of Charts

Chart 1 – Africa Telecoms Maturity Index – Market Leaders
Chart 2 – Africa – Market Leaders global ranking
Chart 3 – Africa Telecoms Maturity Index – Market Challengers
Chart 4 – Africa – Market Challengers global ranking
Chart 5 – Africa Telecoms Maturity Index – Market Emergents
Chart 6 – Africa – Market Emergents global ranking
Chart 7 – Africa – Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per capita
Chart 8 – Africa – Mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 9 – Africa – Fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 10 – Development of ICT and telecom sector revenue – 2012 – 2023
Chart 11 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Chart 12 – Development of mobile voice traffic – 2012 – 2024
Chart 13 – Change in the number of mobile subscribers by type: prepaid and contract – 2012 – 2024
Chart 14 – Change in mobile service revenue – 2012 – 2019
Chart 15 – Decline in SMS traffic – 2012 – 2024
Chart 16 – Development of internet data traffic – 2016 – 2024
Chart 17 – Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2027
Chart 18 – Increase in the number of My-t’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2023
Chart 19 – Development of Emtel’s financial data – 2019 – 2025
Chart 20 – Development of Emtel’s financial data – 2019 – 2025
Chart 21 – Increase in the number of internet subscribers and penetration rate – 2012 – 2024
Chart 22 – Change in the number of internet subscribers by type – 2012 – 2024
Chart 23 – Change in the number of broadband subscribers by type – 2012 – 2024
Chart 24 – Change in the number of narrowband internet subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2024
Chart 25 – Change in the number of narrowband internet subscribers by type – 2012 – 2024
Chart 26 – Change in the number of total broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2024
Chart 27 – Change in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Chart 28 – Change in the number of wireless broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2024
Chart 29 – Development of Mauritius Telecom Group’s financial results – 2012 – 2023
Chart 30 – Development of Mauritius Telecom company financial results – 2012 – 2023
Chart 31 – Development of Mauritius Telecom’s subscribers by sector – 2012 – 2023
Chart 32 – Growth in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2012 – 2027
Chart 33 – Decline in the number of fixed-line calls – 2012 – 2024
Chart 34 – Decline in the volume of fixed-line voice traffic – 2012 – 2024
Chart 35 – Increase in international internet bandwidth usage – 2012 – 2024

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1 – Map of Telecom Maturity Index global ranking among countries in Africa
Exhibit 2 – Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
Exhibit 3 – Africa – Market Leaders and market developments
Exhibit 4 – Africa – Market Challengers and market developments
Exhibit 5 – Africa – Market Emergents and market developments
Exhibit 6 – Emtel’s spectrum holdings

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Mauritius Telecoms Market Report

Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

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Mauritius Telecom expecting to provide 98% population coverage with 5G by end-2025

Key developments:

Companies mentioned in this report:

Key statistics

Regional Africa Market Comparison

Country overview

Telecommunications market

Regulatory environment

Mobile market

Fixed-line broadband market

Digital economy

Fixed network operators

Telecommunications infrastructure

Appendix – Historic data

Glossary of abbreviations

Related reports

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