List of mobile network operators in Uganda

{{as of|June 2017}}, there were an estimated 20.4 million mobile subscribers out of an estimated population of 39.6 million;{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/uganda/ |title=Estimated Population of Uganda in July 2017 |access-date=22 February 2018 |date=1 July 2017 | publisher=The World Factbook |author=Central Intelligence Agency |location=Arlington, VA, United States of America}} a 51.5 percent penetration rate.{{cite web |date=4 October 2017 |url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Prosper/Telecoms-scramble-subscribers/688616-4121526-l9cjeoz/index.html |title=Telecoms scramble for subscribers |access-date=22 February 2018 |first=Eronie |last=Kamukama |newspaper=Daily Monitor |location=Kampala}} By March 2018, the number of mobile phone users had increased to 24.8 million, a 70.9 percent penetration rate.{{cite web|access-date=9 March 2018 | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Technology/-Ugandans-mobile-phones--National-IT-Survey-NITA/688612-4334138-2fb1ruz/index.html |date=9 March 2018 | last=Kamukama | first=Eronie |newspaper=Daily Monitor |location=Kampala |

title=More Ugandans now own mobile phones}} As of June 2020, the number of mobile telephone customers were estimated at 25.5 million, as reported by the Daily Monitor newspaper.{{cite web|title=2.9m Simcards wiped off network in three months |work=Daily Monitor |date=15 October 2020 | url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/business/technology/2-9m-simcards-wiped-off-network-in-three-months--2481700 |

author=Justus Lyatuu |access-date=15 October 2020 | place=Kampala}} That figure had increased to 26.5 million at the end of September 2020.{{cite web|work=Daily Monitor | url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/business/technology/50-of-population-access-internet-new-ucc-report--3253850 |title=50% of population access Internet - new UCC report |date=11 January 2021 |access-date=12 January 2021 |author=Justus Lyatuu | location=Kampala, Uganda}}

As of 31 March 2017, Uganda had the 18th highest Internet usage rate in Africa (out of 58 countries). The country had 13,023,114 Internet users out of a population of 41,652,938, bringing the Internet penetration rate to 31.3 percent.{{cite web | publisher=Miniwatts Marketing Group | title=Internet Usage Statistics for Africa | access-date=10 May 2017 | url=http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats1.htm | website=www.internetworldstats.com |date=31 March 2017}} As of September 2020, Uganda recorded 20.1 million Internet users, out of an estimated mid-year population of 41.58 million,{{cite web|date=14 June 2020 | url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uganda/cities/ | title=Estimated Population of Uganda, As of 1 July 2020 | publisher=Citypopulation.de |access-date=12 January 2021 | author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |format=Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics}} bringing internet penetration to 48.3 percent, nationwide.

As of 31 March 2022, according to the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), there were a total of 30.6 million active telephone lines in the country. The mid-year national population was estimated 44.2 million people. This calculates at 69 active

lines per 100 Ugandans or 80 percent for Ugandans aged 15 and

above.{{cite web|url=https://www.ucc.co.ug/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/UCC-1Q22-Market-Performanace-Report-1-compressed.pdf |title=Market Performance Report for First Quarter 2022 |work=Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) |date=31 July 2022 |author=UCC |access-date=24 August 2023 |location=Kampala, Uganda}}

The table below illustrates the market share of each of the major mobile network operators in the country, as of December 2021.

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• Note: Totals may be off, due to rounding.

When Africell exited Uganda, after 7 October 2021, a total of 3.3 million mobile subscribers in Uganda were up for grabs between the remaining four mobile network operators in the country.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.ug/fears-over-mtn-airtel-dominance-in-ugandas-telecom-sector/ |title=Fears over MTN, Airtel dominance in Uganda’s telecom sector |date=6 October 2021 |work=The Independent (Uganda) |access-date=6 October 2021 |author=The Independent Uganda |place=Kampala, Uganda}}{{cite web|work=Nile Post Uganda | url=https://nilepost.co.ug/2021/09/21/africell-leaving-uganda-here-is-what-you-need-to-know/ |title=Africell leaving Uganda: here is what you need to know |date=21 September 2021 | author=Demo Riley |access-date=6 October 2021 |location=Kampala, Uganda}}

• Uganda Communications Commission
• List of companies based in Uganda
• Economy of Uganda

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• [https://www.telecomreviewafrica.com/articles/features/4441-uganda-s-telecom-growth-the-impact-of-new-regulatory-policies-on-market-competition/ Uganda’s Telecom Growth: The Impact of New Regulatory Policies on Market Competition] As of 15 September 2024.

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