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Glo leads gainers as Nigeria’s active mobile subscriptions hit 208.6 million in July 2022 

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Active subscriptions for telecommunications services across the mobile networks of MTN, Airtel, Glo, and 9mobile rose to 208.6 million in July. This is according to the latest industry data released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). 

The data shows that the increase was driven by Glo, which recorded the highest gain of 2.1 million subscriptions in the month. In total, the 4 GSM operators recorded a combined 2.5 million increase in subscriptions in July as the country’s active mobile subscription database stood at 206 million in June.  

With the growth recorded by the operators, the country’s teledensity, which measures the number of active telephone connections per 100 inhabitants living within an area, also jumped from 108.15% in June to 109.47% in July 2022. According to NCC, the teledensity is calculated based on a population estimate of 190 million. 

 

How the telcos fared in July 

So far this year, the mobile network operators have gained a total of 13.5 million new subscriptions, a departure from last year when they lost close to 20 million subscriptions as a result of the government’s ban on new SIM registration between December 2020 and April 2021. As of December 2021, active subscriptions across the four networks stood at 195.1 million.  

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