Telecommunication provider Airtel topped the chat of new
subscribers for the month of September with 400,847 new
subscriptions.
The number topped Globacom who recorded 215,700 new
subscribers for the month under review.
MTN was next with 60,558,569 and Etisalat recorded 64,870
new subscribers.
The figure is according to a subscriber/operator data by the
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) which also
showed that telecommunication subscribers in Nigeria had
hit 153.2 million.
It said that the active telecommunications service
customers increased by 495,426 in September as against
the figure in August which stood at 152,776,155.
According to the data, 152,836,997 of the 153,271,581
active numbers subscribed to the Global System for Mobile
Communications (GSM) network services.
The GSM operators’ active customers increased by 551,677
from 152,285,320 subscribers recorded in August.
The reports stated that of the GSM operators, MTN had
60,558,569 users in September, which was the same figure
recorded in August.
Globacom figure increased in September by 215,700, giving
a total of 36,967,712 customers as against 36,752,012 in
August.
Airtel had 32,775,916 subscribers in the month under
review, adding 400,847 users to the August record of
32,375,069.
Etisalat, however, recorded a reduction in customers by
64,870, giving a customer base of 22,534,800 as against
22,599,670 users in August.
The Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) operators had
276,304 active users in September, showing a decrease of
52,789 from 329,093 customers they had in August.
Between the two surviving CDMA service providers,
Visafone’s customers reduced to 271,844, as it lost 52,789
users in August to record 324,633, while Multi-Links
maintained 4,460 customers in August.
The monthly subscriber/operator data showed that the
Fixed Wireless network’s (landline) consumers decreased
to 30,716 in September, as they lost 4,072 customers from
their record of 34,788 in August.
Also between the two Fixed Wireless operators, Visafone
had 30,288 subscribers in September, losing 4,072 users
from the August record of 34,360; while Multi-Links
maintained its August record of 428 customers.
It also revealed that the Fixed Wired operators (landline)
increased their subscriber base by 610, giving a total of
127,564 users in September, as against 126,954 recorded in
August.
In the Fixed Wired arena, MTN Fixed moved from 8,586 in
August to 8,591 in September, thereby adding five users,
Glo Fixed had 12,503 users in September, adding 677 to the
August record of 11,826.
IpNX network moved from 2,665 subscriber base in August
to 2,587, reducing its customers by 78 in September.
It said that the 21st Century network had 103,887 customers
in September, recording an increase of 10 users to its
August record of 103,877.
The regulatory body said in accordance with Section 89
Subsection 3(c) of the Nigerian Communications Act 2003
mandated it to monitor and report the state of
telecommunications industry.
”The commission is mandated to provide statistical
analyses and identify industry trends with regard to
services, tariffs, operators, technology, subscribers, issues
of competition and dominance.
“This is with a view to identifying areas where regulatory
intervention will be needed.
”The commission regularly conducts studies, surveys and
produces reports on the telecommunications industry.
”Therefore, telecommunications operators are obligated,
under the terms of the licenses, to provide NCC with such
data on a regular basis for analytical review and
publishing,” it said.
Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/11/telecoms-subscribers-hit-153m-airtel-tops/

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