Active data internet subscribers in Nigeria hit 142 million

• Data subscriptions successful Nigeria person been connected a dependable summation since August 2024, and person present crossed 142 million
• The GSMA exertion is astatine the forefront accounting for much than 99% portion CDMA has zero subscribers
• An manufacture adept explains the alteration of inclination from the clip CDMA dominated information subscriptions

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Active information net users successful Nigeria person yet crossed 142 million, according to the latest statistic released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).

This includes subscriptions crossed each networks, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and technologies similar Fixed Wired, Wireless, GSM, and Voice implicit Internet Protocol (VoIP).

The fig of progressive net information subscribers has been connected a dependable increase, increasing from 131 cardinal successful August 2024, to 132 cardinal successful September, 134 cardinal successful October, 136 cardinal successful November and 139 cardinal successful December 2024.

Angela Wamola, GSMA caput of Sub-Saharan Africa, has ever insisted that the aboriginal of the telecom manufacture successful Nigeria is bright. Photo credit: NurPhoto
Source: Getty Images

As astatine January 2025, the fig has present deed 142 million.

GSMA exertion maintains marketplace lead

However, GSM technology maintains the marketplace pb with 141.65 cardinal subscribers, portion Wireless exertion and VoIP way down with 285,702 and 206,067 subscribers respectively.

Nigeria has 4 main GSM web providers: MTN, Globacom, Airtel, and 9Mobile.

The Fixed Wired exertion is the slightest subscribed with lone 14,053 users arsenic astatine January 2025.

According to the NCC Data connected its website, the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology, had regressed to zero subscribers, a acold outcry from the times it utilized to beryllium highly subscribed.

This indicates that newer technologies person overtaken it, THISDAY reports.

Explaining this, the Chairman, Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), Gbenga Adebayo, noted that the emergence of GSM exertion was the last nail connected the CDMA coffin, rendering it obsolete.

He added that the GSM exertion is successful the pb due to the fact that subscribers similar to entree the net from their mobile devices, and the GSMA is the fastest for this purpose, starring to a fast-growing adoption rate.

Recall that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) information showed that 2.5 cardinal users joined the broadband subscription betwixt December 2024 and January 2025.

Growth successful progressive information subscriptions

The GSMA exertion has been accounting for much than 99% of full subscriptions for a while. It grew from 130 cardinal subscribers successful August 2024, to 132 cardinal and 134 cardinal successful September and October 2024.

By November 2024, it came up to 136 million, and by December, it was 138 million, earlier yet getting to 141 cardinal successful January 2025.

For Wireless technology, the numbers stayed the aforesaid astatine 285,702 subscribers from August 2024 to January 2025.

Since GSMA exertion entered the space, CDMA has gradually go obsolete and present has zero subscribers. Photo credit: Novartis
Source: UGC

VoIP subscribers were 199,960 successful August 2024, and the fig grew successful September and October to scope 212,071 subscribers.

A diminution started successful November 2024, yet bringing the fig down to 206,067 successful January 2025.

The subscribers for Fixed Wired exertion were 8,680 arsenic of August 2024 and grew steadily done the months to scope 14,053 subscribers by January 2025.

GSMA forecasts 2% summation successful telecom publication to GDP

In related news, Legit.ng reported that the Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) threw its value down the determination to summation telecom tariffs by 50%.

Despite the antagonistic reactions from Nigerians, GSMA believes that the tariff hike is simply a blessing that volition importantly interaction the Nigerian economy's growth.

GSMA besides urged Nigerians to expect accrued concern successful the assemblage and infrastructure improvement that volition amended the prime of service.

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Source: Legit.ng