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Mobile Subscriptions Grow By 23 million
The latest industry statistics from the Nigerian Communication Commission have shown that the number of mobile subscriptions in Nigeria grew by 23.48 million from January to November 2022. This translates to a total number of 218.61 million mobile subscriptions in the country. MTN remains the largest contributor to mobile subscriptions with 86.44 million subscriptions, followed…
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Mobile Transactions Hit N4.86tn In Four Months
According to data from the Nigeria Interbank Settlement System, Nigerians’ use of mobile channels for payment transactions has risen by 3,454.46 percent. This is an increase from N136.85 billion within the first four months of 2019 to N4.86 trillion in the corresponding period of 2022. This growth follows a 13.98 percent increase in the number…
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Mobile Subscribers In Northern Nigeria Grows By 7.9 Million In 2020
According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the number of mobile subscribers in the northern geopolitical regions in Nigeria increased by 7.9 million new mobile subscribers in 2020. This is according to the latest Telecom data report, revealed that the northern region recorded 7.96 million new mobile subscribers in the year under review from 51.52…
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Mobile Money Accounts Grew To 1.2 billion In 2020
The number of registered mobile money accounts grew by 12.7 per cent globally in 2020, to 1.21 billion, according to the latest report from the GSM Association. GSMA noted that over 136 million accounts were added in the year, which exceeded last year’s forecasted growth rate by 6.4 percentage points. In the 2021 State of…
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Nigeria’s Mobile Internet Subscription Drops By Over 500,000 Subscribers
Figures released by the Nigerian Communications Commission have shown that Nigeria’s mobile internet subscribers decreased by 563,837 in December 2020. The total number of Internet users dropped to153.87 million from 154.43 million in November 2020. The report also showed that broadband subscription fell by 0.12 per cent, from 86 million in November to 85.9 million…