MTN leads as Nigeria’s internet subscription hits 148m
By Felicia Nwosu
Largest network provider, MTN Nigeria, has gained 1.1 million new internet subscriptions in April, with its internet subscription database hitting 61.8 million. With this remarkable feat, the Y’ello brand is still clinching to its leadership position as the leading and largest operator in terms of subscription base.
This was revealed by the statistics made available by the nation’s communication umpire, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), which record showed that telecom operators recorded 2.5 million new subscriptions in the month, while subscriptions for internet across mobile, fixed, and VoIP networks in the country increased to 148 million in April this year.
Meanwhile, in April, Airtel recorded an extra 918,191 internet subscriptions, which brought its total internet customers to 40.2 million.
Globacom, on the other hand, also gained new subscriptions in the month as it added 331,360 internet customers in the month. At the end of April, its internet subscriptions database stood at 39.8 million.
Although the sector lost about 13.8 million internet subscriptions between January to May last year due to the government’s suspension of SIM registration and activation between December 2020 and April 2021, in spite of these challenge, the telecom operators have risen above water to gain a remarkable ground, with mobile network operators taking the lead.
Business transaction record for December 2020 showed that subscriptions across all the networks in the country stood at 154.3 million. NCC’s data shows that mobile network operators MTN, Globacom, Airtel, and 9mobile maintained the market lead with 147.4 million subscriptions. VoIP operators Smile Communications and Ntel have 349,742 internet subscriptions, while 14,412 were on fixed wired networks – 21st Century and iPNX.
Broadband subscriptions (high-speed internet service) rose to 81.6 million in April from 80.6 million recorded in March, bringing the country’s broadband penetration to 42.79 per cent.
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