Newsonline reports that the subscriptions for internet across mobile, fixed and VoIP networks in the country increased to 152 million in July this year. The latest industry data released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) reveals that a total of 1 million new subscriptions were recorded by telecom operators in the month to achieve the new height.
As of June 2022, internet subscriptions in the country stood at 151 million.
The NCC’s data shows that the mobile network operators, MTN, Globacom, Airtel, and 9mobile maintained their dominance of the internet market accounting for 151.4 million of the total subscriptions. VoIP operators, Smile Communications and Ntel accounted for 366, 271 subscriptions while 14,716 were on fixed wired networks of 21st Century and iPNX. Other internet service providers (ISPs) in the country accounted for 210,597 active subscriptions.
Meanwhile, subscriptions to broadband, that is, high-speed internet service, also rose to 84.9 million in July from 84.6 million recorded in June this year. This brought the country’s broadband penetration to 44.49%.
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