Globacom Chairman, Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr. and his companies, Glo Mobile and Glo 1 clinched all the major awards at the 10th edition of the annual Nigerian Telecom Awards held in Lagos on Saturday night.
Adenuga bagged the 'Telecom Investor of the Decade' award while his companies, Glo Mobile and Glo 1 clinched a total of three awards in various categories, namely 'Best Telecom Operator of the Year- Data', 'Most Innovative Telecom Operator of the Year', and 'Best Submarine Company of the Year.'
The’ Telecom Investor of the Decade’ award was the highpoint of the well attended ceremony, and was physically presented by the Chairman, Board of Directors of the Nigerian Telecom Awards, Chief Alex Akinyele and the Vice Chairman and former governor of Ogun State, Chief Gbenga Daniel. The Director of Mike Adenuga Group, Mr Niyi Adewunmi, received the award on Dr Adenuga’s behalf.
The awards are coinciding with the reemergence of Globacom as the second largest telecommunications operator in Nigeria, according to the latest figures released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
According to the NCC statistics released in June, Globacom increased its number of subscribers from 23 million in the first quarter of 2014 to 27 million in the second, making it the second largest telecoms operator in Nigeria.
Globacom now controls 21 per cent of Nigeria’s mobile market just behind MTN, which controls 44 percent of the market share with over 56 million subscribers.
Airtel Communications, which was Nigeria’s second largest MNO about 10 months ago, is now third with 20 per cent market share and 25.3 million subscribers while Etisalat with about five years of operations in the country controls 15 per cent of the market and has 19.4 million subscribers.
In effect, between the end of February and June end, Glo has added 2.83 million new subscribers to its network, while Etisalat recorded 1.27 million new customers. On the other hand, MTN lost 666,986 subscribers, while Airtel also lost 892,176 customers.

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