Number of Nigeria’s Internet Users Falls

The number of active internet users in Nigeria is on the slide, according to the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) based on June computations.

The decline in the population of internet users is across mobile, fixed, and VOIP networks, the report says.

According to the latest industry statistics released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), it declined to 141.1 million, representing a 0.3% decline when compared with the 141.5 million recorded in May.

MTN, Airtel, Globacom, and T2 (formerly 9mobile), maintained their lead, of the internet market, accounting for 140.6 million subscriptions.

This left ISPs and others with 528,633 subscriptions at the end of June.

However, whereas there was a decline in subscriptions, there was an upward trend in data consumption figures by subscribers.

Nigerians consumed 1.044 million terabytes of data in June, slightly higher than the 1.043 terabytes recorded in May.

Meanwhile, total active subscriptions across the four mobile networks also declined in June, dropping to 171.5 million from 172.4 million recorded in May.

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Another interesting revelation was that MTN the largest operator by subscriber number, also saw its active subscriptions decline by 1 million from 90.2 million in May to 89.2 million.

It was a plus operating period for both Globacom and Airtel in terms of subscriber base.

The former, got 263,028 new subscriptions, making a total of 20.8 million from 20.6 million recorded in the preceding month, in its subscriber base.

Airtel on the other hand, garnered 36,316 subscriptions making a total of 58.9 million in its subscriber base.