Nigeria’s Internet Subscribers Hit 154.3m

Nigeria’s active internet subscribers grew by 1.84 per cent from 151.5million in the third quarter to 154.3million in the fourth quarter of 2020, new study showed.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said MTN with 146.11million subscribers had the highest share of subscriptions for both voice and internet.
It was followed by AIRTEL with 96.92million subscribers, GLO 94.94million and 9Mobile 20.04subscribers.
Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services (EMTS) recorded 800,044 subscribers.
NBS revealed the figures in its just published “Telecoms Data: Active Voice and Internet per state, porting and tariff information (Q4 2020).”
The report also said there was a -0.32 per cent decrease in active voice subscribers in Q4 from 205.2million in Q3 to 204.6million.
The NBS said Lagos State with 24.8million had the highest number of subscribers in terms of active voice per state in the period under review.
It is closely followed by Kano which had 12.6million and Ogun 12million.
However, Bayelsa with 1.45million and Ebonyi with 1.81million had the least number of subscribers.
Similarly, Lagos emerged the state with the highest number of subscribers in terms of active internet per state in Q4 with 18.9million subscribers.
Kano has the second highest number of 9.5million and Ogun 9.08million.
Bayelsa with 1.09million and Ebonyi with 1.28million had the least subscribers.