,,,,MTN remains telecommunication service providers with highest share of subscriptions in Q4 2023–NBS.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS),says active telecom voice subscribers in Nigeria has risen
from 222.571 billion in the last quarter of 2022 to 224.714 billion in the fourth quarter of 2023 indicating 0.96 per cent increase.
NBS made the disclosure on Monday in Abuja in its reports on “Telecoms Data: Active Voice and Internet per State, Porting and Tariff Information (Q4 2023).”
It said: “The total number of active voice subscribers was 224,713,710 in Q4 2023 from 222,571,568 recorded in the corresponding quarter of 2022, indicating a growth rate of 0.96%.
“On a quarter-on-quarter basis, this rose by 1.32%.”
NBS also, reports that in Q4 2023, the total number of active internet subscribers stood at 163,838,439 from 154,847,901 reported in Q4 2022, showing an increase of 5.81 per cent, adding that on a quarter-on-quarter basis, this grew by 2.29 per cent.
On state profile analysis, NBS said Lagos had the highest number of active voice subscribers in Q4 2023 with 26, 739,346, followed by Ogun with 13,070,779 and Kano with 12,325,633.
On the other hand, Bayelsa remained the least with 1,557,786, followed by Zamfara and Gombe with 2,772,424 and 2,785,030 respectively.
The document said similarly, that Lagos state had the highest number of active internet subscribers in Q4 2023 with 18,927,446, followed by Ogun with 9,570,463 and Kano with 9,031,581.
The bureau noted that Bayelsa also recorded the least active internet subscriber with 1,193,525, followed by Zamfara and Gombe with 1,959,252 and 2,100,073 respectively.
NBS further reported that MTN maintained its status as the telecommunication service providers with highest share of subscriptions in Q4 2023. (GBN).
Source:gbn.com.ng.
Edited by Dada Ahmed.
