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11 Million Phone Lines in Nigeria (teledensity now 9.2) by Seun(m): 12:02pm On May 03, 2005 |
"Abuja, Nigeria. May 1, 2005. The combined fixed and mobile phone in Nigeria grew to 11 million lines in January, this year, raising the country’s teledensity to 9.2, telecoms sector regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said." (TechTimesNews) 11 million telephone lines? Well that's nice, but we still want the cost of making a phone call to go down! Here is the breakdown of this figure: Mobile Phone Lines: 9,950,000 (mobile phone subscribers) Private Telecom Operators: 568,925 ('fixed wireless' lines) Fixed Telephone Lines: 525,000 (NITEL land lines) Total Figure: 11,043,925 Please feel free to reply this post if you have new information or important comments. You will need to register first, though. |
Re: 11 Million Phone Lines in Nigeria (teledensity now 9.2) by delarontus(f): 1:05pm On May 03, 2005 |
Wow, at the last count mobile lines were about 9m, NITEL about 250,000 and the other fixed line operators 400,000. This is an improvement but with a population of about 120m, the tele-density is below average. Telephone penetration is another issue entirely. A country like South Africa has about 19m mobile lines and about 4m fixed lines though the distribution is discriminatory. The issue of tariffs can only be determined by market forces and the use of cost-effective technology. |
Re: 11 Million Phone Lines in Nigeria (teledensity now 9.2) by obong(m): 4:47am On Jun 13, 2005 |
The teledensity is very low, but a major improvement. I think it took south africa much longer to get to this level of teledensity. In 2 years, Nigeria will have more phones than south africa, but with a lower teledensity. South africa's system is quite uneven, so its not a model to follow. Its recommended that we have 10% teledensity, and it looks like we have passed that stage. My hope is we can have 100% teledensity Check this out Nigeria's phone lines now 14 million, says NCC By Sonny Aragba-Akpore, Asst. Communications Editor WITHIN five years, the country has progressed from having only 475,000 telephone lines to 14 million, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Chief Executive, NCC, Ernest Ndukwe, disclosed in Lagos at the maiden edition of New Age/NCC seminar on "Telecommunications in Nigeria: The Next Frontier" that while digital mobile lines had hit 12.8 million, fixed lines stood at 1.2 million. According to him, "in May 2000, there were 25,000 analogue mobile lines while fixed lines stood at 450,000." Ndukwe cited transparent licensing and investors' confidence in the economy among other factors responsible for this massive growth in the communications sector. He stated that since April 2000 when a new board was inaugurated by the Federal Government for the NCC, "the country and the telecommunications sector have become investors' preferred destination in Africa." Indeed, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) says Nigeria's telecoms sector is the fastest growing in Africa, one of the fastest growing in the world, thus an investors' haven. According to him, though the country's teledensity or telephone penetration has experienced a steady 100 per cent yearly rise in the last five years, for a population of over 120 million, the number of lines is still a drop in the ocean, adding: "So we cannot afford to be complacent". "Information and Communications Technology (ICT) remains a priority of the Federal Government and an important sector in the reform agenda of President Olusegun Obasanjo administration," he said. Ndukwe said that the President required "the NCC to ensure that ICT facilities are extended to all citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Not just basic telephone but other essential services such as Internet and broadband." To ensure the speedy implementation of this mandate, the NCC has put in place a five-year plan tagged: "The Era of Growth and Consolidation. This era aims to sustain the rapid growth of subscribers as well as improve sector efficiency," Ndukwe said. The five-year scheme has a 10-point agenda which included "promoting mass market whereby ICT is seen as an enabler of broad-based social and economic development. ICT must therefore be accessible and affordable to all citizens of the country." He said the NCC would facilitate an enabling environment that would ensure availability and affordability for all in the society. The NCC will also ensure that services are extended to the rural and under-served areas, "no matter where the citizens reside because ICT is the engine for economic growth." According to Ndukwe, the NCC has also put in place and will pursue a massive implementation of the Wire Nigeria (WiN) programmes to ensure that optic fibre infrastructure is extended to all parts of the country. He said the commission would do this in consultation with service providers for whom there would be attractive incentives. The NCC boss also listed improvement in sector efficiency, quality of service threshold, consumer education and protection, enforcement of licence conditions, institutional strengthening of the NCC and advisory role to government on policy and technology and encouragement of investors as part of the 10-point agenda that form the five-year plan. Besides, Ndukwe said that operators had been enjoined to take advantage of new technologies that improve service to consumers in terms of ease of deployment and price. "These include Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) and third generation (3G)," he said. Lagos Business School (LBS) Director, Prof. Pat Utomi, who chaired the occasion, cited the quantum leaps of countries in Asia though the adoption of ICT, saying "telecoms can give greater value to our democracy though town halls fitted with electronic gadgets that enable rural folks to reach their representatives". New Age Publisher, Mr. Sully Abu, said that the seminar was one in a series put in place for the purpose of public enlightenment, among others. - Show quoted text - |
Re: 11 Million Phone Lines in Nigeria (teledensity now 9.2) by shimankam: 10:56pm On Sep 12, 2005 |
what is subscriber base each of mtn, mtel, glo, v and starcomms and what authenticity of data[color=#990000][/color] |
Re: 11 Million Phone Lines in Nigeria (teledensity now 9.2) by delarontus(f): 9:13am On Sep 13, 2005 |
If you visit www.ncc.gov.ng you wll get subscriber information for all the operators. The information is the most authentic one can get in Nigeria since they it was compiled by the regulator, NCC. |
Re: 11 Million Phone Lines in Nigeria (teledensity now 9.2) by shimankam: 11:34am On Sep 14, 2005 |
what i need to know is break up on operator to operator |
Re: 11 Million Phone Lines in Nigeria (teledensity now 9.2) by Odewaleadesoye(m): 4:36pm On Aug 05, 2021 |
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