Industry Statistics

As part of its regulatory functions, the Nigerian Communications Commission regularly measures the success of its regulatory activities and functions over the telecommunications industry. It does this via the collection the following industry statistics through regular surveys and studies of the Nigerian telecommunications sector.

• Increased level of private sector participation;
• Increased range and quality of services available to citizens;
• Effective lowering of costs of acquiring and using the services;
• Increasing level playing field for service providers via the removal of bottlenecks hitherto created by the monopoly operator;
• Drastic reduction in the waiting time for telephone installation and service delivery;
• Improved service penetration to a larger and growing number in under-served and un-served urban, semi-urban and rural areas alike;
• Creation of direct and indirect employment opportunities for skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled citizens;
• Additional revenue for government through spectrum and numbering fees, import duties, VAT, etc.;
• Increased participation of the banking sector in the financing of telecommunications network development and roll out of services;
• Increased foreign investment from private companies, international and multilateral institutions based overseas.

This section contains statistics and other information showing the performance of the Nigerian telecommunications industry.

• Industry Data
• Subscriber Data
• Operator Data
• Operator Survey Forms