The numbers of active telephony subscribers have continued to grow in the last three months according to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
According to available statistics on its website the number of active subscriptions rose to 172, 871,094 in December 2018 from 169,104, 830 in November and 165, 239, 443 in October 2018; while the teledensity as at December 2018 was 123.48% from 120.79% in November and 118.03% in October of 2018.
This explains the Q4 telephony subscribers and teledensity as calculated on monthly and annual basis by the commission.
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.
Also, Internet users in Nigeria have shoot up to more than 111.6 million in December 2018.
The data showed that overall internet users increased to 111,632,516 in December 2018 from the 108,457,051 recorded in November 2018, showing an increase of 3,175,465 new subscribers.
According to the data, Airtel, MTN and Globacom gained more internet subscribers during the month under review, while 9mobile was the biggest loser.
The breakdown revealed that MTN gained the more with 2,221,153 new internet users in December 2018, increasing its subscription to 43,899,957 as against 41,678,804 in November 2018.
It further showed that Airtel was second, gaining 799,538 new users in the month under review, increasing its subscription to 29,757,791 in December 2018 as against 28,958,253 in November 2018.
The statistics further revealed that Globacom was the third gainer with 293,667 new internet users, increasing its subscription in December 2018 to 28,054,948 from 27,761,281 recorded in November 2018.
The NCC data further showed that 9mobile was the big loser who lost 1, 388, 93 internet users in December 2018 with 9,919,820 as against 10,058,713 recorded in November.
