The number of mobile telephone users in Montenegro has achieved a new record, surpassing 142 percent of the total population, according to the latest market figures. The previous record in the number of users was achieved last September, when a 127.6 percent penetration rate was registered. Out of the total 881,500 mobile telephony users in Montenegro at end-July, only 17.4 percent were post-paid. On an annual level, the number of subscribers in July grew by more than one quarter. ProMonte is still leader with a 54.7 percent market share, followed by T-Mobile with 40.14 percent and M:tel with 5.16 percent. In July, the users of all three networks sent around 73.4 million SMS messages or 18 percent more than in June. Outgoing traffic totaled 79.4 million minutes, 15 percent more vs the previous month.

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