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Nigeria’s national telecommunications carrier is back at the number two spot in terms of active subscriber base, according to the latest information released by the industry regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission.

Globacom reclaimed the spot it conceded briefly to Airtel a few months ago.

The latest information, which has been updated on NCC’s website, indicated that Glo’s subscriber base climbed up by 2.8 million new subscribers between February and June this year, the largest by any operator in the country within the period.

In essence, Glo had 27,327,646 subscribers on its network at the end of June, 2014. The figure translates to 21 per cent share of the Nigerian telecoms market, and places Glo second to MTN which has 56,516,759.

Airtel, which briefly occupied the second position early this year, falls to the third place with 25,302,160 subscribers and 20 per cent market share.

Etisalat retains the fourth position with 19,390,285 customers which represents 15 per cent share of the market.

Instructively, while Glo and Etisalat made gains between the last time NCC released subscriber figures in February, and now, MTN and Airtel recorded losses.

The figures for the operators as of the end
of February were 57,183,745 for MTN, 26,194,336 for Airtel, 24,490,650 for Glo and 18,119,397 for Etisalat.

In effect, between end of February and June end, Glo added 2,836,996 new subscribers to its network, while Etisalat recorded 1,270,888 new customers. On the other hand, MTN lost 666,986 subscribers, while Airtel also lost 892,176 customers, the highest loss within the period.

Glo also retained its position as the network with the second largest Internet subscription in the country with 14.3m active subscriptions. MTN is in the first place with 34m, while
Airtel and Etislat have 12m and 6.8m active Internet subscriptions respectively.

Industry sources believe that the massive network upgrade recently embarked upon by Glo and its bouquet of new service offerings may have given it the edge over other operators. The network expansion involved swapping of old base stations with new ones and transformation of existing infrastructure into a state-of-the-art network software and hardware. It also involves achieving 90 per cent 3G coverage, the first in the industry, making it possible for Glo data subscribers across the country to experience significant service enhancement.

Meanwhile, it was a major laurel haul for Globacom Chairman, Dr. Mike Adenuga, and his companies, Glo Mobile and Glo I, at the at the 10th edition of the annual Nigerian Telecoms Awards held in Lagos on Saturday night.

The Globacom chairman bagged the award of the ‘Telecoms Investor of the Decade’ while Glo Mobile and Glo I emerged the ‘Best Telecoms Operator of the Year – Data’, ‘Most Innovative Telecoms Operator of the Year’, and ‘Best Submarine Company of the Year’, respectively.

The’ Telecoms Investor of the Decade’ award was the highpoint of the ceremony, and was presented by the Chairman, Board of Directors of the Nigerian Telecoms Awards, Chief Alex Akinyele and the Vice Chairman and former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel.

The award was received on Adenuga’s behalf by the Director of Mike Adenuga Group, Mr. Niyi Adewunmi. According to the organisers, Adenuga was nominated on account of his “immense contributions to the growth of the telecommunications sector in the country” and was adjudged to take the award by a panel of assessors and judges.

http://www.punchng.com/business/technology/glo-back-as-nigerias-second-largest-operator-ncc/


We're talking about 3GB for 1000 naira......on android. We all know that's the one and only reason for this!!

after tricking us with Glo bounce for 7 days.

Really...Whats Empty Hen's position

Proudly Glo user but Glo Na cheat oooo

scam

It doesn't change the fact that they have the sh*ittiest network!!!. Even airtel is faaaar better @ the moment.

justi4jesu: Really...Whats Empty Hen's position

MTN has the number 1 spot.
We run a bulk sms company (https://www.magicbulk.com) and i can tell you from our combined daily report that
65-85% SMS sent out are meant for MTN numbers, on a daily basis.

I have been on the airtel network for over 11 years, they have been fantastic but the last 6 months, i completely stopped loading the line. My reasons

after subscribing to a data plan, Airtel will creatively ignore your data account and charge your naira balance.
once your naira balance is zeroed, they come back for your data.
This can be very upsetting if you have a huge naira balance mean for other purposes.
When you call them up, their customer care will most of the time hangup on you and send you a message that your issue has been successfully resolved.

With this dubious approach, i realized my monthly recharges have skyrocketed by over 400%
i just had to stop using it and i am so glad that Nigerians are able to express their grievances by leaving airtel.

I think NCC needs to ensure a standard that calls to customer care lines be made terminable by the customer.
they may also consider a standard number for account balance checks, data checks across all networks.
It is becoming complex daily processing short codes in our head.

Also account balance checks should be #124# on Glo and that should be it
after dialing that, what you see is adverts that we dont read anyways, to see your real balance, you have to dial redial 1 and wait which is bad user experience design IMHO

Congrats to GLO

they dont provide quality service and they keep giving themselves yeye ratings

Hmmmm!

The last time I came second in my class, my Dad nearly disowned me.

Proudly Nigerian

Upon all that bad network?

they need to do more, would like to see them be the largest in Africa. #OminiGlo

ebosse: .

any need for this space?

TeamGlo! Why won't airtel lose customers with their data zapping?

we all get 3gb for 1k for andriod , pc and Blackberry 10 os.
isn't that enough reason to port to glo.

Shout out 2 every nairalander... My ex-girlfriend jus called 2 say she wasn't pregnant after all.
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So pesin get mind 4 dis con3 dey use globacom... Tufiakwa

onyiwest: .

space for lease?

mfrizzy: http://www.punchng.com/business/technology/glo-back-as-nigerias-second-largest-operator-ncc/


We're talking about 3GB for 1000 naira......on android. We all know that's the one and only reason for this!!

A beg this their 3GB for 1k still dey work? A beg wetin b d code?

All na wash!

englishmart: any need for this space?

Yes oh!.. Haven't done that in my life b4..

My doctor told me I should be more spontaneous and try something new every now and then.. Booking a space is something new to me

All there is are diffecult check bal is a problem make call the line will not go and nt always having contant newwork in my area but I like them as per naija tinz[color=#006600][/color]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
finally FTP TINZ THANKS TO VODAFONE
SIGNS OF GOOD THINGS TO COME.

CharlieMaria:
A beg this their 3GB for 1k still dey work? A beg wetin b d code?

*777*21#

*yawns*.. Pfft, Next please!

celebrating bad network since 1960

Good to hear

Glo ride On.... u r too much

Big Boys network but still a very crappy network

Glo and their crawling internet service