Subscriber Data

Click the links on the tables below to display the number of subscribers and teledensity for mobile and fixed telephony and data services on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis respectively.

Monthly Subscriber
Technology Data

Months: April 2017 - August 2023

	Operator	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
Active Lines	Mobile (GSM)	224,412,931	222,803,555	221,748,724	221341053	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	218,611,501	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	204,228,678	207,531,589	207,578,237	204,869,652	203,162,561	198,961,361	195,902,783	191,797,052	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
	Mobile (CDMA)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,460	123,547	124,257	124,092	124,815	126,032	126,269	119,008	125,444	217,566	217,566	217,566	217,566	217,566	217,566	217,566	217,566	217,566	217,566	217,566	217,566	217,566	217,566	217,566
	Fixed Wired/Wireless	111,971	111,433	113,526	112630	96,796	96,771	96,806	96,841	96,913	96,867	96,766	96,869	96,996	97,073	97,961	98,960	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	134,019	134,660	134,814	140,491	135,696	135,862	137,658	140,806	140,582	140,627	137,010	136,496	136,781	137,570	137,262	139,344	137,190	137,216	142,070	142,478	142,262	142,316	142,496	153,804
	VoIP	188,808	305,021	325,945	316,200	257,979	226,983	223,801	229,843	228,553	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	64,949	61,488	58,745	56,900	53,297	49,870	46,348	104,125
	Total	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	218,956,743	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
	Teledensity	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	114.71	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	107.53	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	91.00	124.05	124.29	123.48	120.79	118.03	115.76	114.92	115.57	116.26	116.09	114.66	106.64	106.00	105.21	103.61	101.66	100.55	99.93	99.60	99.39	102.19	103.82	106.61

Internet Service
Operator Data

The table below displays the number of subscribers per each individual internet service provider from the latest reporting to the Commission.

Latest Data : Quarter 3 - 2023

Operator	Points Of Presence	Wireless Internet Subscribers	Wired Internet Subscribers	Active Subscribers
5M Telecom Ltd	14	360	0	360
8te Unique Global Telecommunication Ltd	3	13	2	15
Access and Content Ltd	2	0	24	24
AFR-IX Data Communnications Ltd	4	0	6	6
Arif Investment Nigeria Ltd	7	0	48	48
Arrow Fast Ltd	3	3	0	3
Backbone Connectivity Network Nigeria Ltd	2	0	393	393
BrainShare Technologies Ltd	22	740	0	740
Bridgeone Telecoms Ltd	3	24	0	24
BrowsePoint Telecom Nigeria Ltd	4	74	54	128
CBC EMEA Ltd	1	117	0	117
Chapman Computer Ltd	5	0	38	38
CITCC Nigeria Ltd	1	0	1	1
Ciudad Infrastructure Ltd	33	0	768	768
Cleveland Technologies Ltd	1	0	46	46
Cobranet Ltd	86	3118	283	3401
Cobweb Communication Ltd	21	21	0	21
Comenergy Managed Services Ltd	1	2100	0	2100
Comternet World Ltd	4	0	90	90
ConnectFocus Technologies Ltd	1	0	1	1
Content Oasis Ltd	1	16	0	16
Coquina Software Company Ltd	12	260	0	260
Coscharis Technologies Ltd	1	27	10	37
Coverage Broadband Ltd	2	0	2	2
COZ Internet Ltd	1	120	0	120
Cyberspace Network Ltd	130	4103	27	4130
Datastruct Technologies Ltd	3	30	0	30
Dimension Data Ltd	31	590	136	726
Disc Media and Telecoms Ltd	1	0	4	4
Dotmac Technologies Ltd	29	0	2118	2118
Drausnet Ltd	3	37	0	37
Edo Telecom Ltd	1	0	2	2
Ekovolt Telco Ltd	11	0	244	244
Electronic Connections Ltd	1	85	0	85
Estream Networks Ltd	22	513	0	513
Excelsimo Networks Ltd	3	83	127	210
Fastfeet Ltd	6	0	137	137
Fibrehub Internetworking Ltd	1	0	484	484
Flowzap Telecoms Ltd	9	46	0	46
Futurecom Ltd	1	20	0	20
Galaxy Backbone Ltd	108	1610	465	2075
Giafra Wireless Network Ltd	5	39	2	41
GUTTI Global Solutions Ltd	2	6	0	6
Hoop Telecoms Ltd	7	809	337	1146
Hyperia Ltd	8	0	1070	1070
IDS Africa Ltd	3	0	188	188
Imbil Telecom Solutions Nig Ltd	3	0	65	65
iNetWorld Ltd (formerly Access Solutions Ltd)	5	41	5	46
Information Conectivity Solutions Ltd (ICSL)	23	47	368	415
Inq. Digital Nigeria Ltd (formerly Vodacom)	100	1137	202	1339
Internet Solutions Nigeria Ltd	29	752	0	752
Internetsional Technolgies Ltd	7	68	29	97
Interra Networks Ltd	1	0	1	1
Interweb Satcom Ltd	7	0	45	45
IOT Africa Networks Ltd	4	15	0	15
IOtech Global Hub Ltd	6	31	0	31
IP Express Ltd	38	1028	227	1255
IP2AIR Networks Ltd	26	148	0	148
ipNX Nigeria Ltd	53	527	14344	14871
ITX Telecoms Ltd	4	68	0	68
I-World Networks Ltd	2	1522	0	1522
Juniper Solutions Ltd	7	109	24	133
KAJAB ENG Services Ltd(FALCONET)	5	0	46	46
Layer3 Ltd	2	0	1372	1372
Liquid Interligent Technologies Ltd	9	0	23	23
MainOne Cable Ltd	51	0	1791	1791
MegaMore Wireless Broadband Ltd	10	283	0	283
Mobitel Ltd	2	0	0	0
Multi Dimensions Technology Ltd	1	0	0	0
NanoCom International Ltd	15	46	7	53
NetAccess Communications Nigeria Ltd	1	0	11	11
NetAccess Systems Ltd	9	109	9	118
Netfinity Ltd	21	134	46	180
Ngcom Ltd	10	683	3273	3956
Nilmage Two4Seven Ltd	4	21	0	21
Nkponani Ltd	1	0	7	7
O'NET ltd (Odua Telecoms Ltd)	2	4	0	4
Orange Business Communications Services Nigeria Ltd	2	0	128	128
Paribas Commubnications Ltd	2	4	22	26
Pear System Development Company Ltd	7	79	6	85
Phase 3 telecom Ltd	29	0	134	134
Platinum Index Data Comm. Ltd	16	55	350	405
Priority Communication Ltd	1	1	0	1
Proline Technologies Ltd	32	162	5	167
Radical Technology Network Ltd	6	3427	220	3647
Ratel Plus Ltd	2	7	0	7
Sentient Networks Ltd	36	149	0	149
SimbaNET Nigeria Ltd	8	136	0	136
Skymax Integrated Network Ltd	14	296	1	297
Smart City Technology Compony Ltd	3	0	625	625
Smooth Multi-Service Platform Ltd	2	0	45	45
Spectranet Ltd	646	112922	825	113747
Spidernet Multi-Service Ltd	2	18	0	18
Starlink Internet Service Nig. Ltd	1	11207	0	11207
STL Fiberco Ltd	2	0	150	150
Suburban Broadband Ltd	6	0	3627	3627
SurfSpot Communnication Ltd	1	81	0	81
Swift Talk Ltd	168	393	0	393
Syscodes Communication Ltd	30	272	5	277
Syscomptech Communications Ltd	1	0	47	47
Taprap Nigeria Ltd	9	0	127	127
Tecpoint Global Solutions Ltd	6	28	17	45
Tehilah Base Digital Ltd	1	328	4	332
Telcables Nig. Ltd. (Cross Atlantic Cables Ltd)	1	0	12	12
Telequip & Digital Ltd	1	40	0	40
Teleweb Services Ltd	1	0	134	134
Telserve Networks Ltd	12	0	63	63
Tizeti Network Ltd	139	19126	0	19126
Trakatel Ltd	5	198	0	198
Trefoil Networks Ltd	1	0	1	1
Triple Logic Telecommunication Ltd	1	26	0	26
VDT Communications Ltd	58	6426	185	6611
Wavetek Nigeria Ltd	3	0	4	4
Winrock Nigeria Ltd	26	49	180	229
Zeta Web Ltd	1	274	54	328
GRAND TOTAL	2364	177903	35973	213876

Quarterly Subscriber
Operator Data

The table below displays the number of subscribers per each individual telecoms operator on a quarterly basis.

Latest Data: Quarter 3 - 2023

OPERATORS	Sep'22	Dec'22	Mar'23	June'23	Sep'23	Q4 - Q3 (2022)	Q4(2022) - Q1(2023)	Q1 - Q2(2023)	Q2 - Q3(2023)
MTN Nigeria Communication	81,210,549	89,016,678	91,552,179	84,663,653	85,854,576	9.61	2.85	(7.52)	1.41
Globacom Limited	59,395,911	60,290,012	60,799,946	61,333528	61,451,508	1.51	0.85	0.88	0.19
Airtel	58,403,066	60,065,904	60,328,560	60,190,732	60,272,854	2.85	0.44	(0.23)	0.14
EMTS Limited	12,842,575	12,852,706	13,140,608	13,578,431	13,762,115	0.08	2.24	3.33	1.35
Sub-Total (GSM)	211,852,101	222,225,300	225,821,293	219,766,344	221,341,053	4.90	1.62	(2.68)	0.72
VGC/MTN	7,615	7,715	7,611	7,614	7,641	1.31	(1.35)	0.04	0.35
21st Century Technologies	87,380	85,502	85,567	85,567	85,567	(2.15)	0.08	-	-
IPNX	1,264	1,071	976	941	873	(15.27)	(8.87)	(3.59)	(7.23)
Globacom Limited	2,701	2,708	2,713	2,684	2,681	0.26	0.18	(1.07)	(0.11)
INQ Digital Limited					12,153
BIG Picture Limited					3,715
Sub-Total(Fixed/Fixed Wireless)	98,960	96,996	96,867	96,806	1126,30	(1.98)	(0.13)	(0.06)	16.35
Smile	248,310	247,792	242,380	222,923	315,768	(0.21)	(2.18)	(8.03)	41.65
Ntel	2,207	1,480	1,173	878	432	(32.94)	(20.74)	(25.15)	(50.80)
Sub-Total(VOIP)	250,517	249,272	243,553	223,801	316,200	(0.50)	(2.29)	(8.11)	41.29
TOTAL	212,201,578	222,571,568	226,161,713	220,086,951	221,769,883	4.89	1.61	(2.69)	0.76
% Of Mobile (GSM)	99.84	99.84	99.85	99.85	99.81
% Of Fixed/Fixed Wireless	0.15	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.05
% of (VOIP)	0.12	0.11	0.11	0.10	0.14

Annual Subscriber
Technology Data

Years: 2004 - 2022

	Operator	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004
Active Lines	Mobile (GSM)	224,412,931	222,225,300	195,128,265	204,228,678	184,426,187	172,485,805	144,631,678	154,124,602	148,681,362	136,772,475	124,841,315	109,829,223	90,566,238	81,195,684	65,533,875	56,935,985	40,011,296	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Mobile (CDMA)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	124,092	217,566	217,566	2,148,727	2,187,845	2,404,777	2,948,562	4,601,070	6,102,105	7,565,435	6,052,507	384,315	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Fixed Wired/Wireless	111,971	96,996	106,385	107,031	107,154	140,491	139,344	154,513	187,155	183,290	360,537	418,166	719,406	1,050,237	1,418,954	1,307,625	1,579,664	N/A	N/A	N/A
	VoIP	188,808	249,272	229,248	265,604	166,068	120,706	70,926
	Total	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	N/A	N/A	N/A
Connected Lines	Mobile (GSM)		316,639,381	304,048,720	300,042,650	268,549,433	251,646,091	236,927,497	231,601,485	N/A	184,782,512	159,758,538	135,253,599	109,822,964	96,684,272	N/A	N/A	N/A	32,184,861	18,295,896	9,174,209
	Mobile (CDMA)		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	254,339	3,586,095	3,586,095	N/A	3,743,811	7,684,026	14,041,464	12,687,645	12,132,584	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Fixed Wired/Wireless		218,905	218,354	217,028	215,433	357,059	345,107	352,045	N/A	365,871	2,233,981	2,419,587	2,290,409	2,736,373	N/A	N/A	N/A	1,673,161	1,223,258	1,027,519
	VoIP		1,202,561	1,114,366	1,068,033	952,292	775,374	472,853
	Total		318,060,847	305,381,440	301,327,711	269,717,158	253,032,863	241,331,552	235,598,861	N/A	188,892,194	169,676,545	151,714,650	124,801,018	111,517,229	N/A	N/A	N/A	33,858,022	19,519,154	10,201,728
Installed Capacity	Mobile (GSM)		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	218,522,048	182,065,415	147,004,674	131,319,542	121,785,526	95,291,096	76,545,308	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Mobile (CDMA)		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	18,400,000	18,400,000	17,232,725	17,172,670	14,829,931	10,611,867	1,540,000	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Fixed Wired/Wireless		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	11,342,677	11,342,677	9,394,042	9,347,771	9,388,145	6,830,245	6,578,303	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Total		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	248,353,725	211,808,092	173,631,441	157,839,983	146,003,602	112,733,208	84,663,611	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Teledensity^[1]	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[2]	24.18	16.27	8.5

Teledensity was calculated based on population estimate of 126 million up till December 2005; from December 2006, teledensity was based on a population estimate of 140 million and currently teledensity is calculated based on a population estimate of 190 million, up from 140 million.
Teledensity from December 2007 is based on active subscribers.
Teledensity from December 2001 to 2006 was based on connected subscribers.

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