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Active internet subscribers in Nigeria hit 169m in Nov

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6 years ago

December 21, 2018

The Nigerian Communications Commission says there are 169 , 104 , 830 active subscribers on the telecommunications networks in November , as against 165 , 239 , 443 recorded in October 2018 .The telecommunications regulator made this known in its Monthly Subscriber/Operator Data made available on its website on Friday.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the active subscribers increased by 3 . 86 million in November , after the 165 million subscribers recorded in October .

According to the data , 168 , 729 , 005 of the 169 , 104 , 830 active numbers subscribed to the Global System for Mobile Communications network services .
The GSM operators active customers increased by 3 , 865 , 588 in November , after the 164 , 865 , 417 subscribers recorded in October .

The report stated that out of the GSM operators , MTN had 66 , 974 , 992 users in November , showing an increase of 1 , 323 , 282 from the 65 , 651 , 710 it recorded in October .

Globacom ’ s figure increased in November by 1 , 691 , 133 with 43 , 273 , 188 customers , as against 41 , 582 , 055 in October .

Airtel had 43 , 119 , 154 subscribers in the month under review, which showed an increase of 849 , 173 users , from the 42 , 269 , 981 recorded in October .

9 mobile recorded 15 , 361 , 691 customers in November , which was same in October 2018.

The Code Division Multiple Access operators recorded 124 , 815 subscribers in the month under review , indicating a decrease of 1 , 217 , from 126 , 032 users in October .

Visafone which is one of the two surviving CDMA operators had 120 , 355 customers , showing a decrease of 1 , 217 from the 121 , 572 recorded in October .

On the other hand , Multi – Links had 4 , 460 in the month under review , same with the record of October .

The monthly subscriber/ operator data showed that the Fixed Wireless network ( landline ) consumers remained at 26 , 865 in November .

One of the two landline networks , Visafone had 26 , 437 subscribers , while Multi – Links maintained its record of 428 customers in the month under review .

The report indicated that the Fixed Wired operators ( landline ) subscriber base decreased by 166 , coming down to 108 , 831 users in November , as against 108 , 997 recorded in October .

In the Fixed Wired arena , MTN Fixed moved from 5 , 422 users in October to 5 , 499 users in November , thereby increasing by 77 users .

Glo Fixed had 2 , 805 users in November , reducing by 401 customers from the October record of 3 , 206 .

IpNX network moved from 2 , 404 subscriber base in October to 2 , 357 in November , hence , its customers decreased by 47 .

It said that 21 st Century Network had 98 , 170 customers in November , recording an increase of 205 users from its October record of 97 , 965 subscribers.

The report also showed that the two Voice Over Internet Protocol ( VOIP ) networks had 115 , 314 active users in November , as their customers increased by 3 , 182 , from their October subscriber base of 112 , 132 .

Of the VOIP networks , Smile Communication had 107 , 366 customers , giving an increase of 3 , 106 users to its October result of 104 , 260 .

Ntel had 7 , 948 consumers subscribing to its products and services in November , showing an increase of 76 users to the October record of 7 , 872 .

The regulatory body said that Section 89 , Subsection 3 ( c ) of the Nigerian Communications Act , 2003 mandated it to monitor and report the state of the telecommunications industry.

“The commission is mandated to provide statistical analyses and identify industry trends with regard to : services , tariffs , operators , technology , subscribers, issues of competition and dominance .

“This is with a view to identifying areas where regulatory intervention will be needed .

“The commission regularly conducts studies , surveys and produces reports on the telecommunications industry .

“Therefore , telecommunications operators are obligated , under the terms of their licenses , to provide NCC with such data on a regular basis for analytical review and publishing, ” NCC said.

( NAN )