Industry Statistics

Consistent with Section 89 Subsection 3(d) of the Nigerian Communications Act 2003 (NCA 2003), the Commission is mandated to monitor and report on the state of the Nigerian telecommunications industry, provide statistical analyses and identify industry trends with regard to services, tariffs, operators, technology, subscribers, issues of competition and dominance, etc. with a view to identifying areas where regulatory intervention would be needed;

In view of this, the Commission regularly conducts studies and surveys and produces reports on the telecommunications industry, and telecommunications operators are obligated, under the terms of the licenses, to provide the NCC with such data on a regular basis for analytical review and publishing.

Please click the links below to view the latest Nigerian telecommunications industry data as gathered from regular studies, surveys and reports, conducted and collected by the Nigerian Communications Commission.

NOTE: The Industry Statistics was prepared and collated based on each Operators’ last submission to the Commission as at the cutoff date for the reporting period.

Subscriber / Teledensity

This section contains the sum total of all active telephony subscribers and teledensity as calculated on monthly and annual basis. Teledensity is defined as the number of active telephone connections per one hundred (100) inhabitants living within an area and is expressed as a percentage figure.

MONTH Aug'25 Jul'25 Jun'25 May'25 Apr'25 Mar'25 Feb'25 Jan'25 Dec'24 Nov'24 Oct'24 Sep'24 Aug'24 Jul'24 Jun'24 May'24 Apr'24 Mar'24 Feb'24 Jan'24 Dec'23 Nov'23 Oct'23 Sep'23 Aug'23 Jul'23 Jun'23 May'23 Apr'23 Mar'23 Feb'23 Jan'23 Dec'22 Nov'22 Oct'22 Sep'22 Aug'22 Jul'22 Jun'22 May'22 Apr'22 Mar'22 Feb'22 Jan'22 Dec'21 Nov'21 Oct'21 Sep'21 Aug'21 Jul'21 Jun'21 May'21 Apr'21 Mar'21 Feb'21 Jan'21 Dec'20 Nov'20 Oct'20 Sep'20 Aug'20 Jul'20 Jun'20 May'20 Apr'20 Mar'20 Feb'20 Jan'20 Dec'19 Nov'19 Oct'19 Sep'19 Aug'19 Jul'19 Jun'19 May'19 Apr'19 Mar'19 Feb'19 Jan'19 Dec'18 Nov'18 Oct'18 Sep'18 Aug'18 Jul'18 Jun'18 May'18 Apr'18 Mar'18 Feb'18 Jan'18 Dec'17 Nov'17 Oct'17 Sep'17 Aug'17 Jul'17 Jun'17 May'17 Apr'17 Mar'17 Feb'17 Jan'17 Dec'16 Nov'16 Oct'16 Sep'16 Aug'16 Jul'16 Jun'16 May'16 Apr'16 Mar'16 Feb'16 Jan'16 Dec'15 Nov'15 Oct'15 Sep'15 Aug'15 Jul'15 Jun'15 May'15 Apr'15 Mar'15 Feb'15 Jan'15 Dec'14 Nov'14 Oct'14 Sep'14 Aug'14 Jul'14 Jun'14 May'14 Apr'14 Mar'14 Feb'14 Jan'14 Dec'13 Nov'13 Oct'13 Sep'13 Aug'13 Jul'13 Jun'13 May'13 Apr'13 Mar'13 Feb'13 Jan'13 Dec'12 Nov'12 Oct'12 Sep'12 Aug'12 Jul'12 Jun'12 May'12
Subscriptions 171,566,422 169,328,686 171,730,064 172,671,934 172,948,309 172,708,410 170,892,944 169,318,076 164,926,599 159,852,945 157,600,321 154,904,827 159,503,865 166,656,227 170,904,257 172,141,538 216,974,742 219,304,281 219,970,313 218,400,965 224,713,710 223,220,009 222,188,195 221,769,883 220,715,961 220,860,987 220,086,951 221,258,372 223,663,521 226,161,713 227,179,946 226,226,754 222,571,568 218,953,849 214,696,227 212,201,578 209,952,619 208,969,445 206,449,125 204,578,953 201,670,650 199,558,540 198,123,431 197,499,028 195,463,898 193,186,325 191,951,769 190,854,069 189,330,257 187,805,237 187,611,501 187,026,517 188,705,734 192,413,613 196,078,494 200,213,994 204,601,313 207,907,709 207,954,737 205,252,058 203,529,809 199,307,796 196,242,456 192,130,804 190,668,981 189,145,710 187,435,821 186,023,609 184,699,409 182,702,988 180,386,316 179,176,930 176,897,879 174,950,011 174,024,116 173,672,333 173,641,060 173,713,842 173,670,035 174,012,136 172,871,094 169,104,830 165,239,443 162,058,918 160,886,485 161,792,917 162,763,480 162,522,772 160,524,590 149,293,870 148,398,425 147,296,344 145,059,514 142,320,120 140,766,653 139,905,213 139,444,227 139,144,705 143,064,490 145,350,702 149,249,510 152,467,198 154,120,484 155,113,547 154,529,780 153,949,450 153,514,107 153,299,535 152,800,848 150,262,066 149,818,906 148,848,158 147,568,310 148,745,464 148,620,359 151,357,769 151,017,244 152,123,172 152,003,124 150,660,631 151,018,624 150,741,005 148,775,410 146,561,744 145,476,326 143,934,208 142,589,775 140,822,483 139,143,610 136,637,853 135,618,994 134,507,196 133,282,003 132,186,840 132,780,703 131,182,520 129,391,392 127,097,196 128,264,572 127,960,580 127,606,629 123,740,224 121,888,014 121,271,218 112,662,439 114,760,406 120,362,218 120,748,754 119,356,665 117,281,669 116,601,637 114,492,384 113,195,951 110,348,131 109,499,882 107,367,095 105,239,815 103,425,458 102,369,999 101,814,533
Teledensity(%) 79.14 78.11 79.22 79.65 79.78 79.67 78.83 78.10 76.08 73.74 72.70 71.46 73.58 76.88 78.84 79.41 100.09 101.16 101.47 100.75 103.66 102.97 102.49 102.30 115.63 115.70 115.30 115.91 117.17 118.48 119.01 118.51 116.60 114.70 112.47 111.17 109.99 109.47 108.15 107.17 105.65 104.54 103.79 103.46 102.40 101.20 100.56 99.98 99.18 98.39 98.28 97.98 98.86 100.80 102.72 104.89 107.18 108.92 108.94 107.52 106.62 104.41 102.81 100.65 99.89 99.09 98.19 97.45 96.76 95.71 94.50 93.87 92.67 91.65 91.17 90.98 90.97 91 124.05 124.29 123.48 120.79 118.03 115.76 114.92 115.57 116.26 116.09 114.66 106.64 106 105.21 103.61 101.66 100.55 99.93 99.60 99.39 102.19 103.82 106.61 108.91 110.09 110.80 110.38 109.96 109.65 109.51 109.14 107.33 107.01 106.32 105.41 106.25 106.16 108.11 107.87 107.66 107.57 107.61 107.87 107.67 106.27 104.69 103.91 102.81 101.85 100.59 99.39 97.60 96.87 96.08 95.20 94.42 94.84 93.70 92.24 90.78 91.62 91.40 91.15 88.39 87.06 86.62 80.47 81.97 85.97 86.25 85.25 83.77 83.29 81.78 80.85 78.82 78.21 76.69 75.17 73.88 73.12 72.72
  1. The removal of Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) that are not linked to verifiable National Identification Numbers (NINs) and the rectification of a major discrepancy by a Mobile Network Operator explain the significant drop in Nigeria's telecoms subscriber base.
  2. From September 2023, teledensity is calculated based on Nigerian Population Commission's projected population figure of 216 million.
YEAR 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
Subscriptions 224,713,710 222,571,568 195,463,898 204,601,313 184,699,409 172,871,094 145,059,514 154,529,780 151,017,244 139,143,610 127,606,629 113,195,951 95,886,714 88,348,026 74,518,264 64,296,117 41,975,275 33,858,022 19,519,154 10,201,728 4,021,945 2,271,050
Teledensity(%) 103.66 116.60 102.40 107.18 96.76 123.48 103.61 110.38 107.87 99.39 91.15 80.85 68.49 63.11 53.23 45.93 29.98 24.18 16.27 8.50 3.35 1.89
  1. Teledensity was calculated based on Nigerian Population Commission's projected population figure of 216 million.
  2. Teledensity from December 2007 is based on active subscribers.
  3. Teledensity from December 2001 to 2006 was based on connected subscribers.

Subscriber / Operator Data

This section contains information on the number of active subscribers for telephony services on each of the licensed service providers utilizing different technologies including GSM, CDMA, Fixed Wireless and Fixed Wired (i.e. Landline).

Aug'25 Airtel T2 Globacom MTN
Subscribers 58,073,856 2,727,594 20,914,598 89,636,543
Percentage(%) 33.89 1.59 12.21 52.31
MONTH Aug'25 Jul'25 Jun'25 May'25 Apr'25 Mar'25 Feb'25 Jan'25 Dec'24 Nov'24 Oct'24 Sep'24 Aug'24 Jul'24 Jun'24 May'24 Apr'24 Mar'24 Feb'24 Jan'24 Dec'23 Nov'23 Oct'23 Sep'23 Aug'23 Jul'23 Jun'23 May'23 Apr'23 Mar'23 Feb'23 Jan'23 Dec'22 Nov'22 Oct'22 Sep'22 Aug'22 Jul'22 Jun'22 May'22 Apr'22 Mar'22 Feb'22 Jan'22 Dec'21 Nov'21 Oct'21 Sep'21 Aug'21 Jul'21 Jun'21 May'21 Apr'21 Mar'21 Feb'21 Jan'21 Dec'20 Nov'20 Oct'20 Sep'20 Aug'20 Jul'20 Jun'20 May'20 Apr'20 Mar'20 Feb'20 Jan'20 Dec'19 Nov'19 Oct'19 Sep'19 Aug'19 Jul'19 Jun'19 May'19 Apr'19 Mar'19 Feb'19 Jan'19 Dec'18 Nov'18 Oct'18 Sep'18 Aug'18 Jul'18 Jun'18 May'18 Apr'18 Mar'18 Feb'18 Jan'18 Dec'17 Nov'17 Oct'17 Sept'17 Aug'17 Jul'17 Jun'17 May'17 Apr'17 Mar'17 Feb'17 Jan'17 Dec'16 Nov'16 Oct'16 Sep'16 Aug'16 Jul'16 Jun'16 May'16 Apr'16 Mar'16 Feb'16 Jan'16 Dec'15 Nov'15 Oct'15 Sep'15 Aug'15 Jul'15 Jun'15 May'15 Apr'15 Mar'15 Feb'15 Jan'15 Dec'14 Nov'14 Oct'14 Sep'14 Aug'14 Jul'14 Jun'14 May'14
Airtel 58,073,856 56,523,790 58,965,827 58,929,511 58,586,914 58,255,824 57,864,439 57,665,796 56,619,381 55,428,732 54,446,118 53,748,688 53,047,012 58,161,965 59,965,807 60,713,852 62,933,351 63,357,061 63,036,167 62,601,992 61,834,105 61,298,628 60,670,877 60,272,854 60,169,082 60,083,943 60,190,732 60,527,768 60,331,845 60,328,560 60,300,140 60,563,767 60,065,904 59,382,939 58,669,071 58,403,066 58,369,443 58,234,449 58,143,494 57,620,868 56,238,397 55,370,983 55,004,561 54,635,863 53,926,886 52,907,471 51,869,068 51,035,565 50,860,024 50,301,237 50,665,723 50,026,788 50,177,408 50,384,950 51,433,333 53,425,229 55,642,209 57,231,523 56,214,072 55,250,798 54,766,947 53,705,705 52,462,347 51,496,256 51,258,382 51,298,878 50,488,099 49,997,710 50,186,988 49,650,155 49,081,899 48,909,678 47,921,891 46,836,395 45,929,995 45,640,391 45,433,300 45,238,335 44,975,532 44,970,973 44,180,484 43,119,154 42,269,981 41,313,633 40,508,087 40,048,328 39,898,448 39,730,320 39,199,383 38,964,324 38,768,883 38,326,579 37,233,819 35,943,063 35,089,690 34,625,744 34,321,613 34,111,094 34,126,901 34,156,434 34,336,802 34,656,605 34,832,181 34,666,765 34,116,409 33,376,556 32,775,916 32,775,916 32,375,069 32,070,861 31,978,848 31,838,965 32,445,285 33,866,798 33,595,561 33,155,339 32,268,301 31,936,152 31,273,483 31,134,625 30,569,278 30,075,643 29,564,766 29,539,739 29,291,114 28,680,757 28,380,848 27,989,580 27,556,544 26,836,050 26,504,712 26,054,251 25,428,448 24,865,900 25,302,160 25,452,055
T2 2,727,594 2,727,594 2,436,993 2,673,231 2,964,445 2,964,445 2,964,445 3,283,270 3,283,270 3,283,270 3,389,897 3,635,160 4,650,322 4,650,322 5,834,159 6,076,095 8,956,568 11,657,703 13,648,177 13,799,694 13,935,482 13,979,025 13,823,880 13,762,115 13,791,079 13,754,536 13,578,431 13,660,665 13,403,345 13,140,608 13,073,342 13,031,585 12,852,706 12,841,105 12,771,293 12,842,575 12,759,000 12,595,516 12,659,356 12,657,425 12,737,270 12,770,917 12,842,909 12,844,810 12,789,344 12,757,796 12,811,869 12,983,433 13,021,179 12,908,092 12,908,092 12,842,775 12,779,155 12,850,383 12,772,889 12,808,582 12,982,149 13,188,059 12,953,121 12,729,222 12,377,612 12,163,330 12,111,674 12,225,678 12,568,088 12,123,185 12,243,810 13,157,543 13,641,995 14,164,411 14,792,206 15,334,096 15,602,255 15,739,967 15,965,250 16,363,320 16,720,146 16,838,403 16,730,581 16,385,317 15,917,015 15,361,671 15,361,671 15,355,061 15,411,322 15,565,463 15,811,684 16,006,007 16,148,635 16,318,508 16,596,838 16,867,759 16,955,392 17,075,813 17,121,058 17,203,940 17,349,731 17,614,362 18,022,674 18,500,772 19,045,686 19,621,806 20,188,214 20,521,952 20,809,889 21,621,832 22,210,315 22,534,800 22,599,670 22,542,965 22,469,896 22,325,033 22,121,842 21,877,542 21,840,452 22,035,107 22,161,290 22,783,861 23,180,651 23,492,214 23,307,025 23,029,329 22,852,232 22,597,264 22,444,198 22,235,557 22,015,685 21,559,667 21,103,749 20,565,917 20,162,932 19,881,519 19,684,597 19,470,884 19,390,285 19,338,592
Globacom 20,914,598 20,741,354 20,885,055 20,622,027 20,607,726 20,716,119 20,527,965 20,545,782 20,137,951 19,639,983 19,108,272 19,152,907 21,414,774 21,240,976 21,001,155 21,762,191 62,055,248 62,191,448 62,103,201 61,926,445 61,604,576 61,541,161 61,505,418 61,451,508 61,395,108 61,357,093 61,333,528 61,153,677 60,927,963 60,799,946 60,755,096 60,334,534 60,290,012 59,950,116 59,637,842 59,395,911 58,868,524 58,330,200 56,226,479 56,226,479 56,140,334 55,881,893 54,987,328 54,941,362 54,817,353 53,733,262 53,330,987 52,934,990 51,983,266 51,137,799 50,130,540 49,781,215 50,598,855 52,918,718 54,179,431 54,594,502 54,840,129 55,089,386 55,079,362 54,254,550 52,934,089 52,741,762 52,573,907 52,057,254 51,838,290 51,856,114 51,804,359 51,755,561 51,700,052 51,137,642 50,255,796 49,211,474 47,265,628 46,713,068 46,594,981 46,471,822 46,380,756 46,203,703 46,004,517 45,603,638 45,255,297 43,273,188 41,582,055 40,856,649 40,495,418 40,323,154 40,108,508 39,885,471 39,523,811 39,042,979 38,423,184 38,228,018 38,169,780 37,467,184 37,418,933 37,349,979 37,304,367 37,242,918 37,411,407 37,365,755 37,270,100 37,328,827 37,250,455 37,222,902 37,357,843 37,268,483 37,117,992 36,967,712 36,752,012 36,587,393 36,320,572 35,685,287 35,128,955 34,608,793 34,003,841 33,193,174 32,999,384 31,170,100 31,994,298 31,306,472 31,445,115 31,256,677 31,256,677 30,482,435 30,040,119 29,577,125 28,877,537 28,486,530 28,219,089 27,591,967 27,889,235 27,611,353 27,483,195 27,352,007 27,327,646 25,690,103
MTN 89,636,543 89,137,003 89,243,348 90,249,857 90,508,170 90,494,670 89,259,472 87,549,410 84,607,831 81,220,470 80,376,120 78,097,681 80,131,147 82,273,039 83,767,545 83,250,406 82,716,236 81,799,666 80,895,695 79,784,880 87,038,768 85,984,741 85,748,549 85,854,576 85,005,917 85,341,661 84,663,653 85,589,578 88,675,062 91,552,179 92,707,154 91,950,307 89,016,678 86,434,447 83,271,892 81,210,549 79,604,986 79,444,831 79,052,391 77,709,875 76,196,034 75,177,563 74,933,684 74,730,738 73,594,682 73,455,877 73,606,915 73,566,926 73,133,330 73,123,732 73,571,192 74,044,687 74,819,864 75,927,231 77,349,014 79,035,514 80,764,128 82,022,621 83,331,682 82,635,082 83,083,913 80,350,564 78,754,855 76,017,864 74,673,648 73,573,788 72,473,624 70,693,058 68,762,634 67,348,858 65,870,174 65,328,104 65,707,899 65,260,754 65,259,375 64,812,691 64,732,167 65,034,615 65,565,898 66,665,378 67,133,009 66,974,992 65,651,710 64,160,404 64,106,166 65,488,815 66,488,706 66,453,318 65,209,222 54,528,527 54,172,786 53,442,969 52,272,687 51,414,345 50,720,702 50,307,169 50,051,572 49,763,224 53,093,756 54,921,331 58,121,427 60,391,959 61,390,697 62,248,827 61,840,461 61,280,293 60,982,487 60,558,569 60,558,569 58,506,858 58,409,767 58,339,758 57,170,274 57,045,721 56,848,516 60,639,299 61,252,387 62,597,757 63,234,827 62,493,732 63,381,742 64,133,556 62,813,111 61,767,403 61,281,803 61,149,397 61,001,529 60,495,053 59,893,093 59,046,669 58,523,509 58,363,105 58,271,212 58,289,807 58,516,759 58,415,881
Visafone 137,086 138,144 134,518 134,274 118,270 118,842 119,386 118,442 117,070 117,434 117,807
TOTAL 171,352,591 169,129,741 171,531,223 172,474,626 172,667,255 172,431,058 170,616,321 169,044,258 164,648,433 159,572,455 157,320,407 154,634,436 159,243,255 166,326,302 170,568,666 171,802,544 216,661,403 219,005,878 219,683,240 218,113,011 224,412,931 222,803,555 221,748,724 221,341,053 220,361,186 220,537,233 219,766,344 220,931,688 223,338,215 225,821,293 226,835,732 225,880,193 222,225,300 218,608,607 214,350,098 211,852,101 209,601,953 208,604,996 206,081,720 204,214,647 201,312,035 199,201,356 197,768,482 197,152,773 195,128,265 192,854,406 191,618,839 190,520,914 188,997,799 187,470,860 187,275,547 186,695,465 188,375,282 192,081,282 195,734,667 199,863,827 204,149,436 207,531,589 207,578,237 204,869,652 203,162,561 198,961,361 195,902,783 191,934,138 190,338,408 188,851,965 187,146,978 185,742,016 184,426,187 182,435,340 180,118,345 178,902,194 176,617,059 174,668,626 173,749,601 173,405,294 173,383,803 173,432,863 173,276,528 173,625,306 172,485,805 168,729,005 164,865,417 161,685,747 160,520,993 161,425,760 162,307,346 162,075,116 160,081,051 148,854,338 147,961,791 146,865,145 144,631,678 141,900,405 140,350,383 139,486,832 139,027,283 138,731,598 142,654,738 144,944,292 148,774,015 151,999,197 153,661,547 154,660,446 154,124,602 153,547,164 153,086,710 152,836,997 152,285,320 149,708,077 149,179,083 148,189,043 146,866,356 147,398,854 146,288,370 149,022,919 148,681,362 149,787,120 149,683,259 148,427,043 148,703,160 148,495,205 146,486,786 144,386,841 143,057,234 141,642,836 140,275,599 138,530,830 136,772,475 134,040,603 133,080,388 131,910,228 130,867,452 129,978,598 130,536,850 128,896,631
  • Visafone has transfered its subscribers to the GSM band.
MONTH Aug'25 Jul'25 Jun'25 May'25 Apr'25 Mar'25 Feb'25 Jan'25 Dec'24 Nov'24 Oct'24 Sep'24 Aug'24 Jul'24 Jun'24 May'24 Apr'24 Mar'24 Feb'24 Jan'24 Dec'23 Nov'23 Oct'23 Sep'23 Aug'23 Jul'23 Jun'23 May'23 Apr'23 Mar'23 Feb'23 Jan'23 Dec'22 Nov'22 Oct'22 Sep'22 Aug'22 Jul'22 Jun'22 May'22 Apr'22 Mar'22 Feb'22 Jan'22 Dec'21 Nov'21 Oct'21 Sep'21 Aug'21 Jul'21 Jun'21 May'21 Apr'21 Mar'21 Feb'21 Jan'21 Dec'20 Nov'20 Oct'20 Sep'20 Aug'20 Jul'20 Jun'20 May'20 Apr'20 Mar'20 Feb'20 Jan'20 Dec'19 Nov'19 Oct'19 Sep'19 Aug'19 Jul'19 Jun'19 May'19 Apr'19 Mar'19 Feb'19 Jan'19 Dec'18 Nov'18 Oct'18 Sep'18 Aug'18 Jul'18 Jun'18 May'18 Apr'18 Mar'18 Feb'18 Jan'18 Dec'17 Nov'17 Oct'17 Sep'17 Aug'17 Jul'17 Jun'17 May'17 Apr'17 Mar'17 Feb'17 Jan'17 Dec'16 Nov'16 Oct'16 Sep'16 Aug'16 Jul'16 Jun'16 May'16 Apr'16 Mar'16 Feb'16 Jan'16 Dec'15 Nov'15 Oct'15 Sep'15 Aug'15 Jul'15 Jun'15 May'15 Apr'15 Mar'15 Feb'15 Jan'15 Dec'14 Nov'14 Oct'14 Sep'14 Aug'14 Jul'14 Jun'14 May'14
MTN Fixed 6,617 6,617 6,615 6,605 6,587 6,611 6,598 6,584 6,601 6,833 6,811 6,628 6,892 6,878 7,090 7,234 7,504 7,504 7,504 7,504 7,483 7,496 7,640 7,641 7,638 7,621 7,614 7,615 7,616 7,611 7,523 7,729 7,715 7,683 7,638 7,615 7,589 7,557 7,526 7,493 7,493 7,462 7,442 7,408 7,387 7,355 7,323 7,277 7,234 7,172 7,165 7,117 7,572 7,250 7,188 7,141 7,192 7,998 7,153 6,696 7,473 7,502 6,650 5,832 5,968 6,022 5,887 5,996 5,955 5,750 5,684 5,352 5,223 5,363 5,375 5,405 5,373 5,449 5,459 5,480 5,450 5,499 5,422 5,433 5,809 5,710 6,366 6,312 6,545 5,720 5,720 5,720 8,290 8,227 8,315 8,233 8,696 8,710 8,707 8,966 9,237 9,532 8,564 8,028 6,495 5,697 5,842 8,591 8,586 7,111 7,512 7,115 9,289 7,491 7,470 9,759 9,753 9,746 9,732 9,731 9,719 9,693 9,687 9,740 10,995 10,986 10,231 9,877 9,718 9,999 10,148 11,145 10,385 10,379 11,811 11,866
Glo Fixed 1,534 1,536 1,536 1,536 1,536 1,536 1,536 1,543 1,537 1,543 1,543 1,543 1,552 1,552 1,552 85,567 1,551 1,554 1,557 1,556 2,681 2,683 2,681 2,681 2,684 2,684 2,684 2,684 2,714 2,713 2,708 2,708 2,708 2,707 2,702 2,684 2,684 2,674 2,695 2,695 2,709 2,710 2,720 2,720 2,721 2,721 2,720 2,711 2,710 2,713 3,184 2,809 2,799 2,758 2,741 2,235 2,244 2,235 2,523 2,503 2,441 2,551 2,982 2,891 2,951 2,952 2,972 2,955 2,852 2,725 2,714 2,707 2,952 2,925 2,827 3,684 3,842 2,789 2,884 2,896 2,879 2,805 3,206 4,947 7,773 7,619 7,177 8,676 7,838 7,878 8,670 8,505 8,451 8,499 8,548 13,033 13,025 12,890 12,862 12,767 12,751 12,747 12,742 12,731 12,643 12,586 12,514 12,503 11,826 11,805 11,791 11,780 11,761 11,750 11,786 11,505 11,710 11,701 11,657 11,658 11,646 11,834 11,834 11,850 11,834 11,795 11,097 11,674 11,701 11,472 11,494 11,442 11,006 10,854 8,968 9,162
ipNX 439 422 423 422 412 428 388 359 441 457 463 480 473 472 469 486 403 486 712 451 956 810 818 873 907 899 941 975 1,016 976 968 941 1,071 1,150 1,217 1,294 1,294 1,308 1,476 1,310 1,290 1,265 1,141 1,262 1,237 1,327 1,536 1,408 1,408 1,221 1,211 1,219 1,258 1,242 1,225 1,206 1,230 1,442 1,483 1,566 1,524 1,429 1,352 1,755 2,024 2,127 1,911 2,087 2,126 2,133 2,157 2,154 2,096 2,170 2,122 2,292 2,237 2,221 2,233 2,248 2,281 2,357 2,404 2,499 2,499 2,546 2,542 2,578 2,572 2,624 2,621 2,560 2,548 2,551 2,541 2,567 2,586 2,541 2,576 2,647 2,611 2,477 2,468 2,480 2,539 2,587 2,665 2,680 2,597 2,754 2,765 2,764 2,785 2,816 2,823 2,451 2,717 2,879 2,466 2,680 2,839 2,430 2,596 2,796 2,414 2,659 2,821 2,551 2,746 2,852 2,994 3,047 1,927 1,912
21st Century 152 147 147 144 85,567 85,567 85,567 85,567 85,567 85,567 85,567 85,567 85,567 85,567 85,567 85,567 85,567 85,567 85,567 85,567 85,567 85,567 85,567 85,567 85,567 85,567 85,567 85,567 85,567 85,567 85,567 85,491 85,502 85,533 86,404 88,353 88,353 90,319 92,274 92,486 93,001 94,236 95,040 95,040 95,040 95,027 94,941 95,005 94,268 94,311 94,344 94,288 94,232 94,230 94,232 94,420 96,365 96,485 96,534 96,467 96,361 96,378 96,138 96,212 96,500 96,390 96,285 96,234 96,221 97,134 96,966 97,037 96,743 98,816 98,858 97,866 96,581 96,695 97,219 97,325 103,016 98,170 97,965 97,914 97,860 97,842 97,677 92,579 92,676 93,694 93,694 93,551 93,178 91,001 90,937 91,398 91,325 91,211 91,341 91,322 102,304 100,745 100,740 100,987 106,042 103,950 103,917 103,883 103,877 103,842 103,552 103,502 103,452 103,191 103,191 103,173 103,124 103,019 102,959 100,986 100,281 100,477 99,348 99,499 99,484 99,676 99,881 99,009 99,446 99,497 99,577 99,534 99,441 99,687 98,610 94,582
INQ Digital 8,763 7,634 7,528 7,517 6,517 6,516 359 6,482 6,457 6,427 7,846 8,093 10,310 10,300 10,710 10,524 10,834 10,364 10,346 10,264 9,860 12,303 12,153
Big Picture 2,843 2,342 1,679 1,381 1,684 1,428 1,279 547 2,111 2,046 1,824 1,856 16,918 16,918 16,917 16,817 16,317 8,050 7,050 5,020 5,017 4,517 3,715
TOTAL 20,348 18,698 17,928 17,605 102,303 102,086 101,876 101,082 102,714 102,873 103,888 104,433 121,697 121,896 122,466 122,366 122,260 113,754 112,474 111,971 111,433 113,526 112,630 96,796 96,771 96,806 96,841 96,913 96,867 96,766 96,869 96,996 97,073 97,961 99,946 99,920 101,858 103,971 103,984 104,493 105,673 106,343 106,430 106,385 106,430 106,520 106,401 105,620 105,417 105,904 105,433 105,861 105,480 105,386 105,002 107,031 108,160 107,693 107,232 107,799 107,860 107,122 106,690 107,443 107,491 107,055 107,272 107,154 107,742 107,521 107,250 107,014 109,274 109,182 109,247 108,033 107,154 107,795 107,949 113,626 108,831 108,997 110,793 113,941 113,717 113,762 110,145 109,631 109,916 110,705 110,397 112,479 110,275 110,351 115,205 115,613 115,397 115,451 115,631 126,939 125,635 124,635 124,223 127,648 124,713 124,812 127,564 126,954 125,438 125,452 125,151 127,267 125,196 125,232 127,253 127,410 126,917 127,065 125,254 124,112 124,684 123,708 123,519 124,909 125,253 123,623 123,219 123,686 123,519 123,965 124,973 123,826 123,967 121,316 117,522
MONTH Aug'25 Jul'25 Jun'25 May'25 Apr'25 Mar'25 Feb'25 Jan'25 Dec'24 Nov'24 Oct'24 Sep'24 Aug'24 Jul'24 Jun'24 May'24 Apr'24 Mar'24 Feb'24 Jan'24 Dec'23 Nov'23 Oct'23 Sep'23 Aug'23 Jul'23 Jun'23 May'23 Apr'23 Mar'23 Feb'23 Jan'23 Dec'22 Nov'22 Oct'22 Sep'22 Aug'22 Jul'22 Jun'22 May'22 Apr'22 Mar'22 Feb'22 Jan'22 Dec'21 Nov'21 Oct'21 Sep'21 Aug'21 Jul'21 Jun'21 May'21 Apr'21 Mar'21 Feb'21 Jan'21 Dec'20 Nov'20 Oct'20 Sep'20 Aug'20 Jul'20 Jun'20 May'20 Apr'20 Mar'20 Feb'20 Jan'20 Dec'19 Nov'19 Oct'19 Sep'19 Aug'19 Jul'19 Jun'19 May'19 Apr'19 Mar'19 Feb'19 Jan'19 Dec'18 Nov'18 Oct'18 Sep'18 Aug'18 Jul'18 Jun'18 May'18 Apr'18 Mar'18 Feb'18 Jan'18 Dec'17 Nov'17 Oct'17 Sept'17 Aug'17 Jul'17 Jun'17 May'17 Apr'17 Mar'17 Feb'17 Jan'17 Dec'16 Nov'16 Oct'16 Sep'16 Aug'16 Jul'16
SMILE 193,483 180,247 180,913 179,703 178,751 175,266 174,747 172,736 175,452 177,617 175,284 166,071 155,745 207,796 213,263 216,096 190,541 175,711 172,887 175,048 188,376 304,589 325,513 315,768 257,547 226,375 222,923 228,777 227,243 242,380 246,185 248,321 247,792 246,548 246,393 248,310 248,218 259,782 260,508 257,552 251,584 249,200 246,392 237,585 226,985 223,327 224,292 224,719 224,758 226,837 227,973 223,597 222,557 224,766 236,295 242,919 263,243 265,453 266,190 272,519 256,666 235,721 229,590 223,979 219,954 182,916 178,404 170,726 162,164 155,675 156,000 162,924 169,227 167,555 161,012 153,259 144,619 137,247 129,468 121,261 113,201 107,366 104,260 101,349 97,802 93,667 90,506 86,247 83,445 79,808 76,631 72,029 67,047 61,310 57,877 55,350 53,980 50,925 48,770 45,109 42,308 39,345 36,285 35,712 33,099 33,142 31,166 27,954 24,693 18,262
NTEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 432 432 432 432 432 432 432 432 432 432 432 432 432 432 432 608 878 1,066 1,150 1,173 1,263 1,371 1,480 1,621 1,775 2,207 2,528 2,809 2,926 2,770 2,538 2,311 2,214 2,240 2,263 2,162 2,118 2,035 2,080 2,123 2,077 2,022 2,034 2,085 2,146 2,246 2,361 2,507 2,617 2,655 2,783 2,854 2,961 3,083 3,176 3,338 3,384 3,595 3,904 4,231 4,450 4,562 4,579 4,556 4,321 4,533 4,605 5,253 5,832 6,498 7,505 7,948 7,872 7,895 7,876 7,464 7,435 6,833 6,032 5,377 4,867 4,342 3,879 3,649 3,611 3,395 2,920 2,354 1,100 1,239 61,817 58,590 53,586 48,735
TOTAL 193,483 180,247 180,913 179,703 178,751 175,266 174,747 172,736 175,452 177,617 175,716 166,503 156,177 208,228 213,695 216,528 190,973 176,143 173,319 175,480 188,808 305,021 325,945 316,200 257,979 226,983 223,801 229,843 228,393 243,553 247,448 249,692 249,272 248,169 248,168 250,517 250,746 262,591 263,434 260,322 254,122 251,511 248,606 239,825 229,248 225,489 226,410 226,754 226,838 228,960 230,050 225,619 224,591 226,851 238,441 245,165 265,604 267,960 268,807 275,174 259,449 238,575 232,551 227,062 223,130 186,254 181,788 174,321 166,068 159,906 160,450 167,486 173,806 172,111 165,333 157,792 149,224 142,500 135,300 127,759 120,706 115,314 112,132 109,244 105,678 101,131 97,941 93,080 89,477 85,185 81,498 76,371 70,926 64,959 61,488 58,745 56,900 53,279 49,870 46,348 104,125 97,935 89,871 84,447 33,099 33,142 31,166 27,954 24,693 18,262

Percentage(%) Market Share by Generation

This shows what percentage of subscribers are utilizing telecommunications services per the various mobile phone generations currently deployed in Nigeria.

MONTH Aug'25 Jul'25 Jun'25 May'25 Apr'25 Mar'25 Feb'25 Jan'25 Dec'24 Nov'24 Oct'24 Sep'24 Aug'24 Jul'24 Jun'24 May'24 Apr'24 Mar'24 Feb'24 Jan'24 Dec'23 Nov'23 Oct'23 Sep'23 Aug'23 Jul'23 Jun'23 May'23 May'23
2G 38.38 38.60 38.47 38.76 39.67 40.08 40.93 41.63 41.59 41.50 42 43.53 41.36 42.72 44.30 44.86 56.22 56.97 57.55 57.78 57.84 59.32 60 60.08 60.47 60.85 59.24 58.36 0
3G 7.13 7.38 7.66 8.02 8.25 8.40 8.48 8.60 8.75 9.03 9.40 9.32 10.24 10.43 10.54 10.78 8.92 9.04 9.17 9.36 9.80 9.81 9.96 10.57 9.57 14.85 15.46 16.46 0
4G 51.22 50.85 50.80 50.29 49.27 48.82 47.98 47.23 47.20 47.09 46.27 44.96 46.28 44.90 43.35 42.63 33.56 32.74 32.11 31.75 31.33 29.91 29.14 28.47 29.13 24.16 25.16 25.06 0
5G 3.27 3.17 3.07 2.93 2.81 2.70 2.61 2.54 2.46 2.39 2.33 2.19 2.12 1.95 1.81 1.73 1.31 1.24 1.18 1.11 1.04 0.96 0.90 0.88 0.83 0.13 0.14 0.12 0

Internet Subscriber Data

This section contains information on the number of active subscribers for data (internet) services on each of the licensed service providers utilizing the different technologies, i.e. GSM and CDMA.

MONTH Aug'25 Jul'25 Jun'25 May'25 Apr'25 Mar'25 Feb'25 Jan'25 Dec'24 Nov'24 Oct'24 Sep'24 Aug'24 Jul'24 Jun'24 May'24 Apr'24 Mar'24 Feb'24 Jan'24 Dec'23 Nov'23 Oct'23 Sep'23 Aug'23 Jul'23 Jun'23 May'23 Apr'23 Mar'23 Feb'23 Jan'23 Dec'22 Nov'22 Oct'22 Sep'22 Aug'22 Jul'22 Jun'22 May'22 Apr'22 Mar'22 Feb'22 Jan'22 Dec'21 Nov'21 Oct'21 Sep'21 Aug'21 Jul'21 Jun'21 May'21 Apr'21 Mar'21 Feb'21 Jan'21 Dec'20 Nov'20 Oct'20 Sep'20 Aug'20 Jul'20 Jun'20 May'20 Apr'20 Mar'20 Feb'20 Jan'20 Dec'19 Nov'19 Oct'19 Sep'19 Aug'19 Jul'19 Jun'19 May'19 Apr'19 Mar'19 Feb'19 Jan'19 Dec'18 Nov'18 Oct'18 Sep'18 Aug'18
Mobile (GSM) 139,789,283 138,220,051 140,643,046 141,051,051 141,471,371 141,541,831 140,741,377 141,655,587 138,774,972 136,032,598 134,279,501 132,406,212 130,946,321 134,435,733 135,942,275 136,561,704 164,023,607 163,895,185 162,808,826 161,504,390 163,353,643 161,476,682 160,533,007 159,604,255 158,475,341 158,982,962 158,944,660 159,038,028 157,667,708 156,989,223 156,420,881 155,675,178 154,277,373 152,320,399 152,148,976 152,220,957 151,712,992 151,426,967 150,742,833 149,781,122 147,448,922 145,202,428 143,697,640 143,205,516 141,617,023 140,060,923 139,983,370 139,922,679 139,870,047 139,384,180 139,814,913 140,132,128 141,407,324 144,581,026 148,133,233 150,898,122 153,873,786 154,437,623 152,481,376 151,063,413 149,338,969 146,739,189 143,236,089 140,673,033 138,253,952 135,743,324 131,647,895 128,365,704 125,728,328 122,489,257 123,206,103 122,792,291 122,585,515 122,681,418 122,292,079 122,624,417 119,506,430 115,938,225 114,725,357 113,875,204 111,632,516 108,457,051 107,106,975 105,980,062 104,628,342
Mobile (CDMA) 4 63,979 64,086 64,229 65,650 68,793 69,398 66,144
Fixed Wired 29,490 29,489 26,794 14,599 17,175 17,522 15,390 14,053 12,869 11,739 10,661 9,453 8,680 8,060 7,281 6,921 21,459 21,092 20,627 21,437 21,104 20,566 20,243 17,340 17,157 17,098 16,897 16,690 16,531 16,457 16,320 16,144 15,904 15,572 15,309 14,789 14,810 14,716 14,795 14,557 14,412 13,172 13,943 13,736 12,064 12,299 13,648 12,976 13,841 13,946 12,188 12,158 12,104 11,945 11,699 11,545 11,468 11,459 11,275 11,085 10,834 10,602 10,084 9,995 9,847 10,037 9,866 9,764 9,670 9,474 9,578 9,827 9,951 10,144 10,108 10,155 9,999 9,814 9,854 9,135 9,868 9,955 10,170 10,174 12,602
ISP (Wired/Wireless) 289,369 289,369 289,369 289,369 285,702 285,702 285,702 285,702 285,702 285,702 285,702 285,702 285,702 285,702 285,702 285,702 262,206 213,876 213,876 213,876 213,876 208,612 208,612 208,612 208,612 208,612 208,612 208,612 208,612 204,810 204,810 204,810 204,810 204,810 191,426 191,426 191,426 210,597 210,597 210,597 288,713 288,713
VoIP 220,054 210,456 212,470 212,151 210,959 208,482 207,644 206,067 208,565 210,364 212,071 205,634 199,960 259,734 262,126 265,183 248,504 238,139 236,212 238,180 249,816 354,909 375,495 340,918 333,607 326,241 328,657 335,121 338,693 340,614 345,422 348,236 349,814 350,737 354,449 357,808 360,417 366,271 363,865 357,147 349,742 347,183 347,503 345,229 342,473 339,427 340,542 339,804 341,710 346,054 348,068 344,204 346,293 356,223 373,788 387,169 415,941 429,121 435,019 437,624 422,433 398,516 390,643 386,509 381,116 361,052 355,480 347,720 341,001 335,828 343,915 360,909 380,274 377,522 371,346 366,646 360,868 362,111 362,028 358,173 359,127 365,023 361,785 361,224 359,501
TOTAL 140,328,196 138,749,365 141,171,679 141,567,170 141,985,207 142,053,537 141,250,113 142,161,409 139,282,108 136,540,403 134,787,935 132,907,001 131,440,663 134,989,229 136,497,384 137,119,510 164,555,776 164,368,292 163,279,541 161,977,883 163,838,439 162,060,769 161,137,357 160,171,125 159,034,717 159,534,913 159,498,826 159,598,451 158,231,544 157,551,104 156,987,433 156,244,368 154,847,901 152,891,518 152,710,160 152,784,980 152,279,645 152,018,551 151,021,062 150,363,423 148,101,789 145,559,612 144,059,086 143,564,481 141,971,560 140,412,649 140,337,560 140,275,459 140,225,598 139,744,180 140,175,169 140,488,490 141,765,721 144,949,194 148,518,720 151,296,836 154,301,195 154,878,203 152,927,670 151,512,122 149,772,236 147,148,307 143,636,816 141,069,537 138,644,915 136,114,413 132,013,241 128,723,188 126,078,999 122,834,559 123,559,596 123,163,027 122,975,740 123,069,084 122,673,623 123,001,218 119,877,297 116,310,154 115,161,218 114,306,598 112,065,740 108,897,679 107,547,723 106,420,858 105,066,589
  1. ISP subscriber data is collected on a tri-monthly basis.
MONTH Aug'25 Jul'25 Jun'25 May'25 Apr'25 Mar'25 Feb'25 Jan'25 Dec'24 Nov'24 Oct'24 Sep'24 Aug'24 Jul'24 Jun'24 May'24 Apr'24 Mar'24 Feb'24 Jan'24 Dec'23 Nov'23 Oct'23 Sep'23 Aug'23 Jul'23 Jun'23 May'23 Apr'23 Mar'23 Feb'23 Jan'23 Dec'22 Nov'22 Oct'22 Sep'22 Aug'22 Jul'22 Jun'22 May'22 Apr'22 Mar'22 Feb'22 Jan'22 Dec'21 Nov'21 Oct'21 Sep'21 Aug'21 Jul'21 Jun'21 May'21 Apr'21 Mar'21 Feb'21 Jan'21 Dec'20 Nov'20 Oct'20 Sep'20 Aug'20 Jul'20 Jun'20 May'20 Apr'20 Mar'20 Feb'20 Jan'20 Dec'19 Nov'19 Oct'19 Sep'19 Aug'19 Jul'19 Jun'19 May'19 Apr'19 Mar'19 Feb'19 Jan'19 Dec'18 Nov'18 Oct'18 Sep'18 Aug'18 Jul'18 Jun'18 May'18 Apr'18 Mar'18 Feb'18 Jan'18 Dec'17 Nov'17 Oct'17 Sep'17 Aug'17 Jul'17 Jun'17 May'17 Apr'17 Mar'17 Feb'17 Jan'17 Dec'16 Nov'16 Oct'16 Sep'16 Aug'16 Jul'16 Jun'16 May'16 Apr'16 Mar'16 Feb'16 Jan'16 Dec'15 Nov'15 Oct'15 Sep'15 Aug'15 Jul'15 Jun'15 May'15 Apr'15 Mar'15 Feb'15 Jan'15 Dec'14 Nov'14 Oct'14 Sep'14 Aug'14 Jul'14 Jun'14 May'14 Apr'14 Mar'14 Feb'14 Jan'14 Dec'13 Nov'13 Oct'13 Sep'13 Aug'13 Jul'13 Jun'13 May'13 Apr'13 Mar'13 Feb'13 Jan'13 Dec'12 Nov'12 Oct'12 Sep'12
Airtel 48,418,266 47,340,443 49,382,313 49,456,771 48,939,722 48,800,678 48,534,849 48,493,868 47,412,761 46,170,734 45,474,571 44,796,352 44,202,894 45,923,379 46,090,830 46,452,299 46,664,475 46,819,616 46,408,565 45,955,792 45,064,857 44,064,840 43,577,902 43,142,286 42,961,821 42,992,293 43,108,556 43,251,470 42,533,104 42,254,797 41,898,501 41,787,462 41,174,942 40,111,068 40,123,843 41,098,559 41,183,227 41,390,668 41,778,975 41,397,855 40,292,656 39,374,465 38,763,384 38,309,486 37,526,624 36,921,378 36,894,332 36,706,811 36,613,984 36,053,223 36,235,905 36,120,443 37,027,112 37,778,569 38,956,026 40,033,762 41,287,733 41,524,039 40,739,611 40,311,910 39,792,653 39,054,191 37,566,756 37,317,972 36,869,468 36,827,677 36,173,128 35,502,654 34,522,392 33,925,105 33,618,035 33,198,004 32,753,406 32,403,272 31,975,260 31,932,750 31,337,657 31,243,185 30,891,518 30,460,528 29,757,791 28,958,253 28,519,693 27,925,411 27,508,240 27,086,773 26,711,049 26,548,338 25,842,573 25,476,319 25,075,110 24,827,894 23,985,203 23,074,163 22,441,657 21,765,524 21,165,124 20,588,268 20,174,089 19,912,661 19,407,850 19,423,760 19,468,684 19,618,485 19,363,545 19,143,700 18,832,238 18,832,238 18,519,233 17,910,307 17,325,423 17,280,089 15,305,916 17,155,181 17,079,646 16,855,609 16,835,952 16,837,282 17,800,917 17,730,955 17,495,014 17,605,852 17,598,626 17,634,885 17,272,665 16,603,147 15,894,061 14,969,924 14,371,987 13,820,307 13,831,804 13,588,542 13,201,901 12,562,495 12,052,455 12,108,982 11,962,651 10,847,187 9,647,217 11,065,534 10,359,362 9,760,048 9,650,631 9,085,153 9,251,208 9,251,208 9,292,684 8,165,995 5,875,573 6,154,572 5,870,690 5,135,208 5,948,190 4,984,585 4,807,124 5,093,767
T2 1,002,224 1,002,224 1,081,775 1,459,233 1,744,537 1,744,537 1,744,537 2,064,533 2,064,533 2,064,533 2,167,248 2,293,028 2,499,392 2,499,392 2,613,410 2,777,899 3,079,082 3,308,493 3,438,526 3,535,972 3,630,796 3,819,110 3,880,500 3,907,085 3,940,471 3,973,838 3,979,090 4,114,838 4,178,101 4,286,543 4,339,827 4,381,678 4,432,816 4,508,460 5,107,716 4,778,159 4,886,363 5,033,824 5,238,133 5,378,618 5,444,451 5,552,068 5,640,090 5,740,247 5,752,702 5,774,299 5,802,330 5,901,383 5,992,735 6,108,151 6,108,151 6,217,083 6,223,677 6,418,918 6,632,988 6,880,093 7,120,088 7,239,635 7,296,822 7,274,781 7,170,308 7,137,687 7,094,421 7,255,348 7,459,943 7,762,068 7,944,041 8,040,261 8,068,175 8,135,855 8,346,229 8,468,940 8,625,005 8,801,580 9,039,553 9,350,477 9,441,343 9,642,393 9,808,935 9,882,966 9,919,820 10,058,713 10,058,713 10,151,138 10,241,693 10,367,260 10,585,346 10,807,862 10,847,221 10,997,506 11,132,153 11,278,187 11,338,839 11,407,180 11,587,224 11,710,658 11,842,298 12,056,241 12,549,596 12,843,424 12,719,830 13,008,481 13,296,999 13,564,284 13,752,940 14,132,007 14,693,492 15,062,650 15,248,932 15,274,493 15,253,513 15,508,024 17,194,118 15,242,856 15,231,652 15,283,903 15,189,788 15,161,307 15,407,008 15,598,070 15,541,009 15,393,860 15,285,079 10,330,559 10,421,229 10,189,568 9,852,713 10,078,388 6,194,758 5,810,488 5,824,861 5,800,277 6,724,797 6,925,753 6,828,671 6,860,902 6,793,504 6,503,780 6,109,681 6,364,573 6,055,247 5,641,536 5,640,789 5,540,676 5,532,073 5,351,069 5,170,786 5,177,612 5,108,926 4,932,188 4,354,845 4,635,888 4,455,290 4,253,891 4,800,683 4,677,082
Globacom 13,672,206 13,603,285 13,656,638 13,870,211 14,836,046 15,372,195 15,496,149 17,390,369 17,076,430 17,194,141 17,108,094 16,923,207 16,716,816 16,556,928 16,548,004 16,868,553 44,205,011 44,380,117 44,325,123 44,190,414 43,998,101 43,960,152 43,982,301 43,981,204 43,968,102 43,940,201 43,920,105 43,701,201 43,452,666 43,425,200 43,402,810 43,062,234 43,050,005 42,758,863 42,405,603 42,276,801 41,752,146 41,250,551 39,905,618 39,905,618 39,899,863 39,568,503 39,372,310 39,573,535 39,525,269 39,260,722 38,969,417 38,902,243 38,667,264 38,214,155 37,875,966 37,592,200 37,710,930 38,808,216 39,701,037 39,995,771 40,106,659 39,906,199 39,424,185 39,125,895 38,487,665 38,256,324 37,971,313 37,236,539 35,943,825 33,871,456 30,953,805 29,205,304 28,934,439 27,323,868 28,995,634 29,366,479 29,521,597 29,124,366 29,022,349 28,825,533 28,627,391 28,436,386 27,486,271 27,600,539 28,054,948 27,761,281 27,556,788 27,433,607 27,418,767 27,146,075 26,571,254 26,607,441 26,372,259 26,693,756 26,733,989 26,927,116 26,997,817 26,910,279 26,859,968 26,942,871 26,955,276 26,912,061 27,184,002 27,402,484 27,190,771 27,021,200 26,932,485 27,076,272 27,010,178 27,122,892 27,185,552 26,887,929 26,984,974 26,820,876 26,628,065 26,355,391 26,306,267 26,530,420 25,684,837 25,436,244 25,082,066 24,952,559 23,285,454 21,896,229 20,765,379 19,330,549 19,330,549 19,340,990 19,690,526 18,617,607 18,184,587 17,671,405 17,139,320 16,524,740 16,024,039 15,843,258 15,520,493 15,354,094 14,371,392 13,679,603 13,221,754 12,682,432 14,908,109 15,109,791 14,321,019 13,201,437 12,975,809 10,502,227 9,884,433 9,108,827 351,263 344,047 659,671 801,218 787,925 802,731 802,872 843,813 885,649
MTN 76,696,587 76,274,099 76,522,320 76,264,836 75,951,066 75,624,421 74,965,842 73,706,817 72,221,248 70,603,190 69,529,588 68,393,625 67,527,219 69,456,034 70,690,031 70,462,953 70,075,039 69,386,959 68,636,612 67,822,212 70,659,889 69,632,580 69,092,304 68,573,680 68,033,612 68,076,630 67,936,909 67,970,519 67,503,837 67,022,683 66,779,743 66,443,804 65,619,610 64,942,008 64,511,814 64,067,438 63,891,256 63,751,924 63,820,107 63,099,031 61,811,952 60,707,392 59,921,856 59,582,248 58,812,428 58,104,524 58,317,291 58,412,242 58,596,064 59,008,651 59,594,891 60,202,402 60,445,605 61,575,323 62,843,182 63,988,496 65,359,306 65,767,750 65,020,758 64,350,827 63,888,343 62,290,987 60,603,599 58,863,174 57,980,716 57,282,123 56,488,103 55,527,289 54,113,148 53,014,063 52,163,778 51,675,658 51,602,025 52,269,270 52,254,917 52,433,020 50,026,393 46,552,185 46,538,633 45,931,171 43,899,957 41,678,804 40,971,781 40,469,906 39,459,642 39,071,670 38,937,473 39,191,085 38,147,450 37,428,647 37,963,416 37,201,086 36,069,597 33,426,931 32,998,335 32,556,629 32,197,220 31,863,373 31,691,070 31,406,441 30,805,977 30,519,351 30,300,705 31,015,405 31,753,369 32,017,779 32,464,779 32,771,259 32,771,259 33,332,495 32,974,177 33,108,786 32,386,071 33,356,595 35,604,370 38,218,859 39,924,737 40,872,869 41,025,019 41,835,294 41,411,846 41,101,886 40,485,670 40,830,146 39,520,285 39,904,772 39,278,019 39,173,123 38,618,567 37,918,448 37,441,848 38,637,446 36,962,810 35,464,669 33,944,987 34,810,405 33,835,981 33,940,628 32,809,357 33,327,955 32,704,697 30,171,961 29,347,442 28,477,200 27,489,116 25,925,849 24,592,736 24,402,346 23,600,224 22,725,089 21,308,725 21,458,211 19,732,901 17,644,756 15,878,288 17,311,225
Visafone 88,818 90,196 90,174 90,366 82,427 83,210 83,482 82,930 82,637 73,646 64,076
TOTAL 139,789,283 138,220,051 140,643,046 141,051,051 141,471,371 141,541,831 140,741,377 141,655,587 138,774,972 136,032,598 134,279,501 132,406,212 130,946,321 134,435,733 135,942,275 136,561,704 164,023,607 163,895,185 162,808,826 161,504,390 163,353,643 161,476,682 160,533,007 159,604,255 158,475,341 158,982,962 158,944,660 159,038,028 157,667,708 156,989,223 156,420,881 155,675,178 154,277,373 152,320,351 152,148,976 152,220,957 151,712,992 151,426,967 150,742,833 149,781,122 147,448,922 145,202,428 143,697,640 143,205,516 141,617,023 140,060,923 139,983,370 139,922,679 139,870,047 139,384,180 139,814,913 140,132,128 141,407,324 144,581,026 148,133,233 150,898,122 153,873,786 154,437,623 152,481,376 151,063,413 149,338,969 146,739,189 143,236,089 140,673,033 138,253,952 135,743,324 131,647,895 128,365,704 125,728,328 122,489,257 123,206,103 122,792,291 122,585,515 122,681,418 122,292,079 122,624,417 119,506,430 115,938,225 114,725,357 113,875,204 111,632,516 108,457,051 107,106,975 105,980,062 104,628,342 103,671,778 102,805,122 103,152,726 101,209,503 100,596,228 100,904,668 100,234,283 98,391,456 94,818,553 93,887,184 92,975,682 92,159,918 91,419,943 91,598,757 91,565,010 90,124,428 89,972,792 89,998,873 91,274,446 91,880,032 92,416,378 93,176,061 93,554,076 93,524,398 93,338,171 92,181,178 92,252,290 91,192,372 92,285,052 93,600,505 95,794,615 97,032,543 97,824,017 97,518,398 97,060,548 95,213,248 93,403,147 92,699,924 88,136,580 86,904,705 85,315,094 83,209,380 81,892,840 76,324,632 74,073,983 73,122,552 73,869,523 72,410,001 70,307,011 67,197,505 67,459,892 65,813,890 63,974,027 63,474,364 64,079,270 64,229,097 59,894,564 57,840,299 56,078,838 52,774,624 50,412,559 48,165,033 38,097,216 34,928,770 34,471,520 32,335,478 32,017,232 30,939,112 27,686,104 26,329,908 27,967,723
  1. Visafone has transfered its subscribers to the GSM band.
MONTH Aug'25 Jul'25 Jun'25 May'25 Apr'25 Mar'25 Feb'25 Jan'25 Nov'24 Oct'24 Sep'24 Aug'24 Jul'24 Jun'24 May'24 Apr'24 Mar'24 Feb'24 Jan'24 Dec'23 Nov'23 Oct'23 Sep'23 Aug'23 Jul'23 Jun'23 May'23 Apr'23 Mar'23 Feb'23 Jan'23 Dec'22 Nov'22 Oct'22 Sep'22 Aug'22 Jul'22 Jun'22 May'22 Apr'22 Mar'22 Feb'22 Jan'22 Dec'21 Nov'21 Oct'21 Sep'21 Aug'21 Jul'21 Jun'21 May'21 Apr'21 Mar'21 Feb'21 Jan'21 Dec'20 Nov'20 Oct'20 Sep'20 Aug'20 Jul'20 Jun'20 May'20 Apr'20 Mar'20 Feb'20 Jan'20 Dec'19 Nov'19 Oct'19 Sep'19 Aug'19 Jul'19 Jun'19 May'19 Apr'19 Mar'19 Feb'19 Jan'19 Dec'18 Nov'18 Oct'18 Sep'18 Aug'18 Jul'18 Jun'18 May'18 Apr'18 Mar'18 Feb'18 Jan'18 Dec'17 Nov'17 Oct'17 Sep'17 Aug'17 Jul'17 Jun'17 May'17 Apr'17 Mar'17 Feb'17 Jan'17
MTN Fixed 29,314 29,314 26,619 14,424 14,916 15,263 13,131 11,794 9,480 8,402 7,194 6,421 5,801 5,022 4,662 4,204 3,819 3,445 3,001 2,863 2,595 2,388 2,161 1,964 1,752 957 951 970 980 970 982 928 843 740 669 572 492 454 400 372 328 269 271 273 276 280 306 1,344 1,594 1,724 1,758 1,731 1,731 1,728 1,833 1,951 2,070 2,112 2,126 2,123 2,156 2,062 2,057 2,088 2,076 2,028 2,037 2,096 2,082 2,223 2,524 2,809 3,024 3,027 3,095 3,022 2,878 2,964 3,031 3,132 3,233 3,387 3,411 5,809 3,655 3,664 3,506 3,157 4,998 4,998 4,998 4,966 4,963 5,302 5,350 5,497 5,489 5,493 5,585 5,631 5,621 6,049 6,070
21st Century 176 175 175 175 2,259 2,259 2,259 2,259 2,259 2,259 2,259 2,259 2,259 2,259 2,259 2,259 2,259 2,259 2,259 2,259 2,259 2,259 2,259 2,259 2,259 2,259 2,259 2,259 2,259 2,259 2,244 2,259 2,259 2,279 2,380 2,390 2,408 2,553 2,559 2,565 2,571 2,575 2,580 2,590 2,590 2,592 2,602 2,601 2,600 2,609 2,614 2,620 2,620 2,625 2,631 2,635 2,641 2,645 2,646 2,651 2,655 2,661 2,669 2,667 2,787 2,792 2,796 2,799 2,808 2,812 2,816 2,815 2,822 2,836 2,831 2,836 2,841 2,841 2,843 2,851 2,855 2,860 2,865 2,863 2,873 2,893 2,889 2,885 2,882 2,885 2,884 2,882 2,880 2,887 2,886 2,896 2,894 2,890 2,871 2,915 2,910 2,949 3,049
ipNX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14,996 15,014 14,923 14,828 14,628 14,362 14,257 11,552 13,972 13,889 13,681 13,480 13,302 13,218 13,091 12,918 12,470 12,470 12,290 11,740 11,848 11,816 11,788 11,598 11,475 10,273 11,099 10,885 9,201 9,433 10,776 10,068 9,896 9,752 7,855 7,786 7,594 7,594 7,346 7,081 6,882 6,748 6,518 6,313 6,060 5,791 5,361 5,269 5,092 5,174 5,046 4,931 4,775 4,584 4,543 4,487 4,327 4,298 4,245 4,229 4,141 4,095 4,049 3,261 3,885 3,867 3,923 3,898 3,930 3,873 3,892 3,933 3,856 4,021 4,131 4,197 4,114 4,053 3,943 3,913 3,942 4,090 4,018 4,088 4,066 4,078 4,070 4,109
INQ Digital 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,349 1,354 1,350 1,339 1,368
Big Picture 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 29,490 29,489 26,794 14,599 17,175 17,522 15,390 14,053 11,739 10,661 9,453 8,680 8,060 7,281 6,921 21,459 21,092 20,627 21,437 21,104 20,566 20,243 15,972 17,157 17,098 16,897 16,690 16,531 16,457 16,320 16,144 15,657 15,572 15,309 14,789 14,810 14,716 14,795 14,557 14,412 13,172 13,943 13,736 12,064 12,299 13,648 12,976 13,841 13,946 12,188 12,158 11,945 11,945 11,699 11,545 11,468 11,459 11,275 11,085 10,834 10,602 10,084 9,995 9,847 10,037 9,866 9,764 9,670 9,474 9,578 9,827 9,951 10,144 10,108 10,155 9,999 9,814 9,854 9,135 9,868 9,955 10,170 10,174 12,602 10,401 10,449 10,328 9,898 11,901 12,014 12,079 11,962 11,896 12,132 12,149 12,335 12,473 12,401 12,544 12,612 12,609 13,068 13,228
MONTH Dec'22 Nov'22 Oct'22 Sep'22 Aug'22 Jul'22 Jun'22 May'22 Apr'22 Mar'22
Wired 29,080 24,573 10,760 30,722
Wireless 175,730 166,853 199,837 257,991
TOTAL 204,810 191,426 210,597 288,713
  1. Data is collected in this segment on a tri-monthly basis.
MONTH Aug'25 Jul'25 Jun'25 May'25 Apr'25 Mar'25 Feb'25 Jan'25 Dec'24 Nov'24 Oct'24 Sep'24 Aug'24 Jul'24 Jun'24 May'24 Apr'24 Mar'24 Feb'24 Jan'24 Dec'23 Nov'23 Oct'23 Sep'23 Aug'23 Jul'23 Jun'23 May'23 Apr'23 Mar'23 Feb'23 Jan'23 Dec'22 Nov'22 Oct'22 Sep'22 Aug'22 Jul'22 Jun'22 May'22 Apr'22 Mar'22 Feb'22 Jan'22 Dec'21 Nov'21 Oct'21 Sep'21 Aug'21 Jul'21 Jun'21 May'21 Apr'21 Mar'21 Feb'21 Jan'21 Dec'20 Nov'20 Oct'20 Sep'20 Aug'20 Jul'20 Jun'20 May'20 Apr'20 Mar'20 Feb'20 Jan'20 Dec'19 Nov'19 Oct'19 Sep'19 Aug'19 Jul'19 Jun'19 May'19 Apr'19 Mar'19 Feb'19 Jan'19 Dec'18 Nov'18 Oct'18 Sep'18 Aug'18 Jul'18 Jun'18 May'18 Apr'18 Mar'18 Feb'18 Jan'18 Dec'17 Nov'17 Oct'17 Sep'17 Aug'17 Jul'17 Jun'17 May'17 Apr'17 Mar'17 Feb'17 Jan'17
SMILE 220,054 210,456 212,470 212,151 210,959 208,482 207,644 206,067 208,565 210,364 208,454 208,454 196,343 256,117 258,509 261,566 244,887 234,522 232,595 234,563 246,199 351,292 371,878 337,301 329,990 315,424 315,638 320,370 322,739 324,103 327,989 330,124 331,071 331,173 333,968 336,360 337,601 342,300 338,871 331,554 323,863 320,892 320,831 317,933 314,674 311,315 311,619 310,468 312,141 314,621 316,509 312,901 314,749 323,767 340,311 351,892 378,635 389,652 393,879 394,533 375,903 350,801 341,220 336,208 331,908 311,177 304,366 296,606 288,647 282,573 289,733 307,433 321,931 325,696 321,461 316,200 309,112 301,365 295,443 288,388 283,936 281,078 277,958 273,704 268,453 258,523 250,450 245,479 240,154 234,699 230,748 226,523 221,447 214,371 209,740 209,095 211,115 210,265 210,153 202,759 193,619 186,205 178,413 175,818
NTEL 3,617 3,617 3,617 3,617 3,617 3,617 3,617 3,617 3,617 3,617 3,617 3,617 3,617 3,617 3,617 10,817 13,019 14,751 15,954 16,511 17,433 18,112 18,743 19,564 20,481 21,448 22,816 23,971 24,994 25,593 25,879 26,291 26,672 27,296 27,799 28,112 28,923 29,336 29,569 31,433 31,559 31,303 31,544 32,456 33,477 35,277 37,306 39,469 41,140 43,091 46,530 47,715 49,423 50,301 49,208 49,875 49,414 51,114 52,354 53,255 54,182 53,476 58,343 51,826 49,975 50,446 51,756 60,746 66,585 69,785 75,191 83,945 83,827 87,520 91,048 53,708 95,153 76,155 61,749 50,443 45,859 49,259 44,136 40,181 38,621 36,601 35,749 29,538 20,963 21,481 26,909 58,590 53,586 48,735
TOTAL 220,054 210,456 212,470 212,151 210,959 208,482 207,644 206,067 208,565 210,364 212,071 212,071 199,960 259,734 262,126 265,183 248,504 238,139 236,212 238,180 249,816 354,909 375,495 340,918 333,607 326,241 328,657 335,121 338,693 340,614 345,422 348,236 349,814 350,737 354,449 357,808 360,417 366,271 363,865 357,147 349,742 347,183 347,503 345,229 342,473 339,427 340,542 339,804 341,865 346,054 348,068 344,204 346,293 356,223 373,788 387,169 415,941 429,121 435,019 437,624 422,433 398,516 390,643 386,509 381,116 361,052 353,780 347,720 341,001 335,828 343,915 360,909 380,274 377,522 371,436 366,646 360,868 362,111 362,028 358,173 359,127 365,023 361,785 361,224 359,501 312,231 345,603 321,634 301,903 285,142 276,607 275,782 265,583 254,552 248,361 245,696 246,864 239,803 231,116 224,240 220,528 244,795 231,999 224,553

Broadband Penetration

This section describes the broadband subscriptions in Nigeria.

MONTH Aug'25 Jul'25 Jun'25 May'25 Apr'25 Mar'25 Feb'25 Jan'25 Dec'24 Nov'24 Oct'24 Sep'24 Aug'24 Jul'24 Jun'24 May'24 Apr'24 Mar'24 Feb'24 Jan'24 Dec'23 Nov'23 Oct'23 Sep'23 Aug'23 Jul'23 Jun'23 May'23 Apr'23 Mar'23 Feb'23 Jan'23 Dec'22 Nov'22 Oct'22 Sep'22 Aug'22 Jul'22 Jun'22 May'22 Apr'22 Mar'22 Feb'22 Jan'22 Dec'21 Nov'21 Oct'21 Sep'21 Aug'21 Jul'21 Jun'21 May'21 Apr'21 Mar'21 Feb'21 Jan'21 Dec'20 Nov'20 Oct'20 Sep'20 Aug'20 Jul'20 Jun'20 May'20 Apr'20 Mar'20 Feb'20 Jan'20 Dec'19 Nov'19 Oct'19 Sep'19 Aug'19 Jul'19 Jun'19 May'19 Apr'19 Mar'19 Feb'19 Jan'19 Dec'18 Nov'18 Oct'18 Sep'18 Aug'18 Jul'18 Jun'18 May'18 Apr'18 Mar'18 Feb'18 Jan'18 Dec'17 Nov'17 Oct'17 Sep'17 Aug'17 Jul'17 Jun'17 May'17 Apr'17 Mar'17 Feb'17 Jan'17
Subscriptions 105,158,577 104,068,105 105,749,786 105,818,293 104,381,796 103,478,089 100,983,189 98,875,607 96,321,215 93,553,834 91,576,992 90,102,835 93,567,464 95,474,897 95,215,547 94,940,739 95,008,730 94,364,751 93,395,591 92,195,937 94,757,184 90,765,310 88,907,930 88,554,318 86,993,472 89,730,341 89,730,341 92,169,176 91,886,980 92,033,267 92,561,842 92,011,259 90,398,960 88,273,690 86,949,451 86,062,025 85,232,291 84,917,994 84,607,363 83,365,233 81,676,539 80,678,301 78,082,273 79,433,833 78,041,883 76,314,183 76,146,156 76,365,158 78,255,250 75,952,406 76,289,063 75,569,442 77,605,500 78,613,689 80,280,149 81,949,983 85,941,222 86,031,162 87,675,911 86,714,978 82,653,247 80,215,614 78,695,408 76,530,174 75,469,345 76,074,856 75,555,604 73,466,093 72,153,824 71,981,937 72,289,389 67,580,047 67,009,771 64,366,778 63,593,329 63,244,610 64,332,974 63,405,089 63,136,978 61,732,130 60,087,199 58,965,478 56,937,294 54,201,774 48,846,249 48,194,696 47,948,578 47,401,673 44,264,712 38,715,920 38,545,131 38,117,147 37,915,495 37,536,980 37,582,129 37,378,158 37,205,896 37,762,660 37,589,840 38,191,120 40,481,570 41,500,068 44,718,041 41,403,821
Penetration (%) 48.81 48.01 48.78 48.81 48.15 47.73 46.58 45.61 44.43 43.16 42.24 41.56 43.16 44.04 43.92 43.80 43.83 43.53 43.08 42.53 43.71 41.87 41.01 40.85 45.57 47.01 47.01 48.28 48.14 48.21 48.49 48.20 47.36 46.24 45.55 45.09 44.65 44.49 44.32 43.67 42.79 42.24 40.91 41.61 40.88 39.98 39.89 40.01 41 39.79 39.97 39.59 40.66 41.18 42.06 42.93 45.02 45.07 45.93 45.43 43.30 42.02 41.23 40.09 39.54 39.85 39.58 38.49 37.80 37.71 37.87 35.40 35.10 33.72 33.31 33.13 33.70 33.22 3,308 32.34 31.48 30.90 29.83 28.39 25.59 25.25 25.12 24.83 23.19 20.28 20.19 19.97 19.86 19.66 19.69 19.58 19.49 19.78 19.69 20.01 21.21 21.74 22.40 21.69

Porting Activities of Mobile Network Operators (GSM)

This section describes the monthly porting trend in the telecommunications sector per mobile operator and refers to the number of transactions whereby a mobile number is transferred from one service provider to another on the request of a subscriber who wishes to change service provider while keeping the same telephone number.

MONTH Aug'25 Jul'25 Jun'25 May'25 Apr'25 Mar'25 Feb'25 Jan'25 Dec'24 Nov'24 Oct'24 Sep'24 Aug'24 Jul'24 Jun'24 May'24 Apr'24 Mar'24 Feb'24 Jan'24 Dec'23 Nov'23 Oct'23 Sep'23 Aug'23 Jul'23 Jun'23 May'23 Apr'23 Mar'23 Feb'23 Jan'23 Dec'22 Nov'22 Oct'22 Sep'22 Aug'22 Jul'22 Jun'22 May'22 Apr'22 Mar'22 Feb'22 Jan'22 Dec'21 Nov'21 Oct'21 Sep'21 Aug'21 Jul'21 Jun'21 May'21 Apr'21 Mar'21 Feb'21 Jan'21 Dec'20 Nov'20 Oct'20 Sep'20 Aug'20 Jul'20 Jun'20 May'20 Apr'20 Mar'20 Feb'20 Jan'20 Dec'19 Nov'19 Oct'19 Sep'19 Aug'19 Jul'19 Jun'19 May'19 Apr'19 Mar'19 Feb'19 Jan'19 Dec'18 Nov'18 Oct'18 Sep'18 Aug'18 Jul'18 Jun'18 May'18 Apr'18 Mar'18 Feb'18 Jan'18 Dec'17 Nov'17 Oct'17 Sept'17 Aug'17 Jul'17 Jun'17 May'17 Apr'17 Mar'17 Feb'17 Jan'17 Dec'16 Nov'16 Oct'16 Sep'16 Aug'16 Jul'16 Jun'16 May'16 Apr'16 Mar'16 Feb'16 Jan'16 Dec'15 Nov'15 Oct'15 Sep'15 Aug'15 Jul'15 Jun'15 May'15 Apr'15 Mar'15 Feb'15 Jan'15 Dec'14 Nov'14 Oct'14 Sep'14 Aug'14 Jul'14 Jun'14 May'14 Apr'14 Mar'14 Feb'14 Jan'14 Dec'13 Nov'13 Oct'13 Sep'13 Aug'13 Jul'13 Jun'13 May'13
Airtel 593 148 1,158 1,494 1,860 758 1,299 2,414 835 1,266 1,747 2,205 2,287 1,629 698 766 784 343 682 541 795 668 1,034 784 749 503 538 512 643 351 284 538 154 239 347 285 387 437 356 1,483 267 306 371 398 495 785 1,256 909 1,089 543 360 1,509 5,236 6,576 6,506 9,927 10,078 9,142 3,524 2,246 5,594 4,580 3,009 1,381 7,894 11,868 1,720 1,435 589 241 305 809 1,444 1,268 1,072 978 1,469 1,115 425 1,021 1,172 911 1,343 961 1,513 1,815 2,573 1,173 1,662 1,978 2,660 2,272 2,277 2,020 2,597 2,400 3,423 2,090 1,343 858 1,111 1,475 1,475 2,423 1,716 5,527 6,829 6,859 8,177 5,752 5,280 2,885 3,445 3,074 5,347 5,596 6,613 6,290 4,161 2,933 2,289 2,758 2,342 1,799 2,908 4,118 6,523 3,056 3,312 1,678 2,233 2,816 5,749 2,950 2,319 2,410 3,894 14,658 11,536 9,374 1,814 676 2,095
T2 15 5 4 4 3 2 1 7 17 27 25 30 40 11 22 226 33 62 75 156 77 84 126 68 96 121 93 86 94 94 77 126 114 117 155 167 106 87 324 314 131 115 116 114 212 128 128 224 224 191 191 1,734 6,936 6,457 6,963 5,593 6,242 10,964 6,304 3,829 8,225 5,371 5,516 8,613 5,758 6,410 9,823 7,316 6,889 8,661 6,691 4,017 7,297 4,017 2,000 5,397 2,608 2,608 5,835 3,519 3,136 3,555 1,868 1,865 1,841 1,178 2,232 5,177 3,412 4,579 11,517 11,801 11,707 12,498 15,253 12,087 15,208 6,551 5,490 10,956 13,428 14,027 13,365 14,792 13,610 12,378 11,765 11,466 11,136 7,411 6,329 12,384 12,346 11,211 12,898 11,875 14,125 13,382 12,252 9,875 10,111 9,187 7,820 7,638 9,385 9,035 9,749 7,719 4,791 5,081 3,694 3,280 3,016 2,969 3,007 2,590 2,977 2,806 2,960 3,204 2,999 2,897 3,149
Globacom 478 176 502 588 966 348 659 736 290 414 451 664 569 483 347 286 370 210 198 187 196 211 132 191 65 43 145 256 243 253 138 229 749 263 363 442 279 531 208 151 112 345 35 0 173 1,657 2 50 245 648 308 677 308 286 284 88 262 259 455 455 476 335 791 575 750 420 767 697 702 868 817 665 714 700 675 663 733 433 774 398 749 593 769 740 909 762 704 1,156 710 751 721 945 833 578 1,086 1,005 1,381 931 1,187 1,155 1,132 1,558 846 1,468 1,446 1,828 2,589 2,037 1,735 979 1,505 1,413 850 850 1,065 1,717 1,435 1,532 1,146 621 962 2,145 2,112 2,065 1,965 2,540 2,823 7,955 3,212 895 1,031 792 913 1,082 1,322 1,359 1,512 1,641 1,209
MTN 1,150 573 2,445 2,850 3,960 1,956 2,899 5,551 1,856 3,019 3,624 4,987 3,617 4,238 2,655 3,379 2,482 1,296 2,989 2,270 1,661 1,470 1,925 2,346 1,682 3,410 1,545 2,138 2,096 1,555 1,522 1,688 1,812 1,680 1,925 2,040 1,617 1,547 2,047 1,731 847 1,452 943 2,482 948 1,127 872 1,354 2,014 65 792 3,925 6,090 5,635 5,188 2,840 2,667 1,756 985 1,965 2,515 2,669 2,162 1,783 1,863 2,041 1,714 2,150 1,524 3,018 3,018 1,502 1,582 1,494 1,251 2,173 2,055 1,533 3,118 1,836 3,243 2,514 1,789 2,470 3,464 2,728 1,538 2,713 2,394 1,928 2,405 1,933 1,445 1,245 1,506 1,387 1,552 1,878 1,240 1,572 1,563 1,749 1,749 1,205 1,341 990 547 361 542 450 436 735 1,068 599 737 951 536 657 994 1,559 1,478 1,186 1,110 839 778 1,304 720 1,252 1,516 674 552 1,780 470 531 1,170 458 609 367 503 545 545 711
TOTAL 2,236 902 4,109 4,936 6,789 3,064 4,858 8,708 2,998 4,726 5,847 7,886 6,513 6,361 3,722 4,657 3,669 1,911 3,944 3,154 2,729 2,433 3,217 3,389 2,592 4,077 2,321 2,992 3,076 2,253 2,021 2,581 2,829 2,299 2,790 2,934 2,389 2,602 2,935 3,679 1,357 2,218 1,465 2,994 1,828 3,697 2,258 2,487 3,327 734 616 4,085 16,342 19,771 19,412 21,385 19,468 23,059 11,868 7,148 16,046 12,725 11,649 12,611 15,911 20,476 14,375 11,040 10,378 10,846 10,781 8,541 10,945 7,735 5,383 8,291 6,964 6,478 8,468 8,321 6,877 8,142 6,499 5,013 6,573 7,050 8,302 8,628 8,696 9,713 16,809 17,634 16,627 16,714 19,816 16,938 20,851 10,771 9,797 14,059 17,492 17,996 17,776 20,119 17,663 20,804 20,430 20,340 21,120 15,533 14,648 17,742 18,261 16,332 20,349 19,621 22,539 21,060 18,135 15,519 15,394 14,955 12,494 11,168 14,094 16,076 19,682 13,560 11,320 10,815 9,424 14,603 13,757 7,265 6,888 6,962 8,242 8,112 16,185 14,440 6,870 5,759 7,164

Incoming (Inward) Porting means the number of numbers ported from another service provider's network into a service provider's own network.

MONTH Aug'25 Jul'25 Jun'25 May'25 Apr'25 Mar'25 Feb'25 Jan'25 Dec'24 Nov'24 Oct'24 Sep'24 Aug'24 Jul'24 Jun'24 May'24 Apr'24 Mar'24 Feb'24 Jan'24 Dec'23 Nov'23 Oct'23 Sep'23 Aug'23 Jul'23 Jun'23 May'23 Apr'23 Mar'23 Feb'23 Jan'23 Dec'22 Nov'22 Oct'22 Sep'22 Aug'22 Jul'22 Jun'22 May'22 Apr'22 Mar'22 Feb'22 Jan'22 Dec'21 Nov'21 Oct'21 Sep'21 Aug'21 Jul'21 Jun'21 May'21 Apr'21 Mar'21 Feb'21 Jan'21 Dec'20 Nov'20 Oct'20 Sep'20 Aug'20 Jul'20 Jun'20 May'20 Apr'20 Mar'20 Feb'20 Jan'20 Dec'19 Nov'19 Oct'19 Sep'19 Aug'19 Jul'19 Jun'19 May'19 Apr'19 Mar'19 Feb'19 Jan'19 Dec'18 Nov'18 Oct'18 Sep'18 Aug'18 Jul'18 Jun'18 May'18 Apr'18 Mar'18 Feb'18 Jan'18 Dec'17 Nov'17 Oct'17 Sept'17 Aug'17 Jul'17 Jun'17 May'17 Apr'17 Mar'17 Feb'17 Jan'17 Dec'16 Nov'16 Oct'16 Sep'16 Aug'16 Jul'16 Jun'16 May'16 Apr'16 Mar'16 Feb'16 Jan'16 Dec'15 Nov'15 Oct'15 Sep'15 Aug'15 Jul'15 Jun'15 May'15 Apr'15 Mar'15 Feb'15 Jan'15 Dec'14 Nov'14 Oct'14 Sep'14 Aug'14 Jul'14 Jun'14 May'14 Apr'14 Mar'14 Feb'14 Jan'14 Dec'13 Nov'13 Oct'13 Sep'13 Aug'13 Jul'13 Jun'13 May'13
Airtel 683 107 250 473 295 392 303 399 269 362 503 285 249 605 239 321 441 173 402 375 217 274 470 370 183 377 330 319 395 493 230 463 510 543 539 597 515 401 747 453 250 406 239 1,919 28 245 240 376 323 219 101 2,988 12,731 6,508 4,491 5,277 5,167 8,891 5,564 3,115 6,466 2,914 3,484 11,574 12,446 4,696 6,497 4,669 17 73 5 2,792 4,515 1,179 1,404 3,106 1,711 1,898 875 1,839 1,518 2,474 2,243 1,116 1,821 1,357 1,722 2,760 2,341 1,432 4,840 4,552 4,624 4,531 6,540 5,702 7,086 2,662 2,714 4,747 5,770 5,243 5,243 5,203 4,940 5,111 3,846 4,235 3,494 2,095 4,396 3,188 3,086 3,562 3,635 3,362 4,047 3,768 3,316 3,381 3,197 3,655 3,330 2,686 2,750 2,835 3,490 2,812 1,630 1,784 2,071 1,601 1,457 1,338 1,429 1,199 1,004 7,638 6,520 5,826 1,327 1,315 1,190
T2 1,111 646 3,372 3,863 5,042 1,992 3,817 6,716 2,188 3,891 4,846 7,127 5,706 5,127 3,007 3,604 2,719 1,333 2,947 2,163 2,059 1,646 2,262 2,504 1,878 3,330 1,272 2,262 1,894 1,275 1,412 1,622 1,967 1,256 1,662 1,658 1,394 1,709 1,661 2,729 896 1,370 896 780 969 1,170 834 1,238 1,716 323 323 640 2,636 3,575 3,003 4,507 3,082 2,858 1,476 449 1,756 2,067 2,323 1,213 1,459 1,530 1,341 1,477 2,517 1,200 1,892 1,808 1,583 1,801 1,604 1,191 1,559 1,559 1,387 1,944 1,773 2,103 1,584 1,468 2,058 2,074 2,342 1,447 2,107 3,088 2,926 3,622 2,679 1,696 1,826 1,937 2,133 1,511 1,725 1,479 1,623 1,369 1,236 1,340 2,013 2,369 2,662 2,622 2,153 1,671 976 1,739 1,431 1,241 1,264 2,077 2,161 2,177 1,984 1,777 1,431 1,625 1,749 920 1,019 1,757 2,682 1,598 2,634 2,375 1,552 1,817 3,157 807 806 626 1,129 1,001 1,019 934 917 646 768
Globacom 215 91 311 393 1,233 421 350 405 305 307 284 245 303 286 279 405 256 269 455 419 276 239 230 200 229 223 559 233 495 293 205 335 208 365 258 313 231 273 271 297 68 276 184 87 93 12 160 306 343 232 172 1,431 2,636 5,954 7,646 6,818 6,283 7,234 3,287 1,587 3,748 3,197 2,893 2,893 2,164 1,789 3,145 3,201 3,190 3,887 3,013 2,401 3,176 2,281 1,187 2,146 1,869 1,316 2,180 1,914 1,774 2,052 1,907 1,907 1,484 1,540 2,615 1,827 1,848 2,022 2,409 4,314 3,701 3,926 4,902 4,786 4,274 6,032 4,003 2,614 3,010 3,488 4,638 3,945 4,660 4,413 4,701 4,269 3,644 3,570 2,517 1,065 2,092 2,327 1,703 3,212 2,795 3,290 3,290 3,253 2,038 2,651 2,570 2,680 2,260 2,305 3,310 3,945 2,632 1,922 1,608 1,542 6,930 3,280 1,240 978 973 1,206 1,204 1,267 1,354 1,367 1,122
MTN 227 58 176 207 219 259 388 1,188 236 166 214 229 255 343 197 327 253 136 140 197 177 274 255 315 304 148 160 178 292 192 174 161 144 135 332 366 249 220 256 200 143 166 146 208 242 292 324 365 498 106 735 2,638 5,954 3,850 4,469 4,476 3,842 1,310 946 3,701 3,986 2,593 2,286 1,600 1,786 3,371 1,687 1,807 1,178 942 942 1,221 1,643 1,072 1,642 2,388 1,589 2,668 2,122 1,841 1,516 970 902 1,442 1,019 2,281 2,775 2,094 2,777 4,625 5,328 5,363 5,030 6,567 4,922 5,919 2,884 2,660 4,349 5,746 6,409 8,170 6,370 8,170 8,593 10,189 8,115 12,044 10,562 8,430 10,739 11,414 10,073 12,259 11,218 19,214 11,918 9,558 8,161 7,439 6,951 6,571 4,673 7,504 8,795 8,863 6,836 4,924 4,558 4,200 3,835 5,489 3,695 3,667 3,052 4,491 4,453 4,266 3,925 3,142 2,719 3,409
TOTAL 2,236 902 4,109 4,936 6,789 3,064 4,858 8,708 2,998 4,726 5,847 7,886 6,513 6,361 3,722 4,657 3,669 1,911 3,944 3,154 2,729 2,433 3,217 3,389 2,592 4,077 2,321 2,992 3,076 2,253 2,021 2,581 2,829 2,299 2,791 2,934 2,389 2,603 2,935 3,679 1,357 2,218 1,465 2,994 1,332 1,719 1,558 2,285 2,880 774 702 5,794 23,249 19,372 18,990 21,071 19,008 22,825 11,637 6,097 15,671 12,164 11,293 17,966 17,669 9,801 14,354 11,034 7,531 6,338 5,852 7,943 10,495 6,904 5,267 8,085 7,527 6,362 7,110 7,819 6,906 8,145 6,704 4,970 6,861 7,065 8,172 8,830 8,564 9,706 16,705 17,203 16,592 16,159 19,719 16,835 21,170 11,060 9,713 13,585 16,627 17,659 18,594 17,573 19,536 20,774 20,966 18,616 21,261 16,845 14,867 17,758 18,258 16,579 20,370 19,452 28,712 21,153 18,071 15,357 14,718 14,801 14,330 10,539 13,578 16,697 18,980 13,878 11,110 10,325 9,365 14,183 13,383 7,080 6,880 5,850 7,830 14,296 13,072 12,039 6,753 5,802 7,013

Outgoing (Outward) Porting means the number of numbers ported to another service provider's network from a service provider's own network.

Internet Usage Statistics in Terabytes (TB)

This section contains statistics of data usage in Nigeria.

MONTH Aug'25 Jul'25 Jun'25 May'25 Apr'25 Mar'25 Feb'25 Jan'25 Dec'24 Nov'24 Oct'24 Sep'24 Aug'24 Jul'24 Jun'24 May'24 Apr'24 Mar'24 Feb'24 Jan'24 Dec'23 Nov'23 Oct'23 Sep'23 Aug'23 Jul'23 Jun'23 May'23 Apr'23 Mar'23 Feb'23 Jan'23
TERABYTES 1,152,347.24 1,131,255.90 1,044,073.08 1,043,431.98 983,283.43 995,876.10 893,054.80 1,000,930.60 973,455.35 878,953.14 870,398.28 850,249.09 853,954.05 829,584.47 798,583.81 771,993.56 766,708.12 753,388.77 694,804.54 721,522 713,200.60 645,407.10 675,250.54 653,257.86 655,879.86 615,207.39 587,865.58 581,472.80 556,540.42 562,960.57 507,307.37 517,670.15

Percentage(%) Contribution of Telecoms Industry to GDP

This section describes the percentage contributed to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Nigeria by the telecommunications industry.


Note: The decline noted in the Q4, 2024 and Q1, 2025 GDP Report is due to the Rebasing of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

QUARTER Q2'2025 Q1'2025 Q4'2024 Q3'2024 Q2'2024 Q1'2024 Q4'2023 Q3'2023 Q2'2023 Q1'2023 Q4'2022 Q3'2022 Q2'2022 Q1'2022 Q4'2021 Q3'2021 Q2'2021 Q1'2021 Q4'2020 Q3'2020 Q2'2020 Q1'2020 Q4'2019 Q3'2019 Q2'2019 Q1'2019 Q4'2018 Q3'2018 Q2'2018 Q1'2018 Q4'2017 Q4'2016 Q4'2015 Q4'2014 Q4'2013 Q4'2012
Percentage 9.20 8.50 7.80 7.51 8.93 14.58 14 13.50 16.06 14.13 13.55 12.85 15 12.94 12.61 11.94 14.42 11.66 12.45 11.20 14.30 10.88 10.60 9.20 11.39 10.11 9.85 8.39 10.43 9.19 8.66 9.13 8.50 7.60 7.40 7.70
Last Updated October 22, 2025