The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Saturday said that internet users on Nigeria’s telecommunications networks reduced to 93.75 million as at February 2016.

Majority of those who switched off the net were MTN subscribers, data published by the commission for February shows.

It said that the number of subscribers that browsed the internet in January was put at 95.94 million; but reduced to 93.75 million in the month of February.

The data revealed those internet users on both the Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) and the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) networks reduced by 2,194,162

The data showed that of the 93.75 million internet users in February, 93.6 million were on GSM networks, while 150,125 users were on the CDMA.

Of the 93.6 million internet users on the GSM networks in the month under review, MTN Nigeria had 35.6 million customers browsing the internet on its network.

It stated that MTN had a decrease of 2.6 million internet subscribers in February, after it recorded 38.21 million users in the month of January.

According to the report, Globacom had 25.68 million customers surfing the net in February, as the number increased by 248,593 from the January’s record of 25.43 million.

Airtel Nigeria, it said, had 17 million internet users in the month of February, as against 16.85 million customers recorded in January.

It said that Internet users on the Airtel Nigeria network increased by 224,037 in February.

The data added that Etisalat had 15.23 million internet users in February, against the 15.28 million in January, hence, reducing by 52,251 in the month under review.

It also revealed that the CDMA operators (Multi-Links and Visafone), had a joint total of 150,125 internet users on their networks in February.

It showed that the only surviving two CDMA networks in the country listed a decrease of 52 internet subscribers in the month under review, from the 150,177 users they recorded in January.

Visafone had maintained 149,953 customers surfing the internet in February, as it recorded from December 2015.

Multi-Links had 172 internet users in February, reducing 52 customers from the January record of 224 users.

The NCC noted that the country was making progress towards achieving 30 per cent broadband penetrations by 2018.


http://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2016/04/mtn-loses-2-6million-internet-subscribers/

the truth is dat airtel still remain the best network for surfing the internet

Most pple can't afford it.. Period.

Multi -Thiefing Network (MTN)

I guess it was due to the blocking of the bblite and co

Mtn has held all the 'awoof' we used to manage from them.


Now we dump their sorry ass.

Well they dashed me some gb's today....so ama stick around a lil.

Wait for March/April results and you'll be shocked for MTN

I am not surprised ppl are dumping dr sorry ass. I am only sticking around cos it's my hotline

MTN and ETISALAT has refused to lower prices on their data, they may loose more subscribers when NTEL come on board. The competition at that time will be to the benefits of Nigerians

good for emptyHEN

When u will subscribe for bb plan on mtn and only operamini will be working, ping u no go see, whatsapp on a long thing talk less all other application so tell me why we no go dump their thiefing network! Etisalat rock sha

chido20:
the truth is dat airtel still remain the best network for surfing the internet

yeah,,airtel tooo make sense jere

2 million plus? Bblite cheat comes to mind. They made a lot of money though. 70 naira per day times 2 million plus.

No light to charge phones and laptop

Ntel all the way

Hmmmmm

Purchasing power issue.

GOOD
Airtel all d way

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My MTN is just for calls.
I would rather buy data from Etisalat, Airtel, or Glo ( this is my order of preference) but Glo can be useless sometimes with that slow speed of theirs even when the network is showing H+.

I DUMPED MTN DATA SERVICE SINCE LAST YEAR BECAUSE AM NOT GETTING VALUE FOR MY MONEY DUE TO POOR DATA SERVICE

Exactly; I go soon follow dump them too.

Am dumping them too soon.

people will soon come back to mtn.i still rock my mtn.

werin concern me...na if i see fuel buy or make light dey bfor i go fit charge fone den browse wit any network...till den, werin concern me

Lagos alone ;DD
Useless network

HOW CAN I SHARE DATA PLEASE?

Mtn is like fee...Dee...fee.

Breaking apart due to politics

Mtn refused giving me the free 7.5 GB today ..... Kilode?

I am waiting for NTEL. AIRTEL is serving me now.