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 - January 2023

	Operator	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)	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	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	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	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
Connected Lines	Mobile (GSM)	321,035,851	316,639,381	317,859,831	319,655,553	315,765,601	312,955,143	307,359,152	304,976,036	301,557,035	295,795,067	306,305,392	303,636,267	305,623,582	304,048,720	299,970,153	229,582,206	229,467,077	328,114,538	327,470,038	297,256,878	295,355,092	295,765,970	297,536,702	298,872,860	299,252,182	300,042,650	298,239,519	293,554,598	288,698,578	285,386,714	285,259,320	284,943,472	286,317,425	280,773,688	278,825,237	271,829,445	269,835,804	268,549,433	268,483,898	265,613,702	264,399,345	263,621,409	259,143,276	258,493,026	254,921,942	253,044,771	250,261,511	248,447,337	249,224,407	251,646,091	246,751,788	243,746,219	242,749,755	240,432,680	238,219,577	239,339,812	240,259,751	238,032,318	238,116,977	237,621,583	237,755,757	236,927,497	237,010,282	236,714,473	237,794,009	236,603,992	237,629,645	236,895,278	238,792,449	234,598,135
	Mobile (CDMA)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9,561	256,753	255,633	254,339	252,765	250,096	250,096	247,983	246,126	3,586,095	3,586,095	3,586,095	3,586,095	3,586,095	3,586,095	3,586,095	3,586,095	3,586,095	3,586,095	3,586,095	3,586,095	3,586,095	3,586,095	3,586,095
	Fixed Wired/Wireless	218,224	218,905	218,788	218,728	218,638	218,426	218,684	218,467	218,434	218,566	218,423	218,192	218,350	218,354	218,223	217,862	217,789	217,065	216,866	216,957	216,896	216,843	217,485	216,828	216,814	217,028	216,840	216,727	216,733	216,706	216,654	216,001	216,356	216,356	216,054	216,539	215,568	215,433	215,270	214,903	214,863	213,546	215,907	215,867	214,702	213,071	357,926	357,664	359,253	357,059	351,261	350,891	351,182	351,103	350,998	350,644	345,210	344,892	335,485	345,195	345,195	346,107	342,792	342,641	376,293	375,740	376,437	342,011	341,574	342,443
	VoIP	1,208,590	1,202,561	1,196,377	1,189,606	1,183,405	1,176,974	1,170,754	1,161,915	1,151,063	1,139,257	1,131,150	1,124,745	1,120,167	1,114,366	1,107,875	1,101,333	1,094,094	1,088,969	1,084,634	1,079,571	1,074,240	1,069,261	1,069,008	1,069,925	1,068,730	1,068,033	1,091,721	1,078,910	1,070,532	1,057,890	1,046,952	1,033,240	1,016,823	1,001,053	990,414	988,823	971,633	952,292	934,134	917,731	898,986	902,866	880,531	870,137	852,043	817,116	817,116	806,170	792,279	775,374	759,338	740,226	714,111	690,042	667,763	642,734	611,376	575,712	542,063	515,231	523,298	472,844	239,091	226,254	213,863	203,232	190,450	177,406	164,861	151,589
	Total	322,462,665	318.060,847	319,274,966	321,063,887	317,167,644	314,350,543	308,748,590	306,356,418	302,926,532	297,152,890	307,654,965	305,979,204	306,962,099	305,381,440	301,296,251	300,901,401	300,778,960	329,420,572	328,771,538	298,553,406	296,646,228	297,052,074	298,823,195	300,159,613	300,537,726	301,327,711	299,548,080	294,850,235	289,985,843	286,661,310	286,522,926	286,192,713	287,550,604	281,991,097	280,031,705	273,034,807	271,023,005	269,717,158	269,633,302	266,746,336	265,513,194	264,737,821	260,239,714	259,579,030	255,988,687	254,074,958	251,446,114	249,867,924	250,631,262	253,032,863	248,115,152	245,087,432	244,065,144	241,721,808	239,484,464	243,919,285	244,802,432	242,539,017	242,580,620	242,068,104	242,210,345	241,331,543	241,178,260	240,869,463	241,970,260	240,769,059	241,782,627	241,000,790	242,885,029	238,678,262
	Teledensity	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 - 2022

Operator	Connected Subscribers	Active Subscribers	Points Of Presence
5M Telecom Ltd	327	327	13
8te Unique Global Telecommunication Ltd	38	18	3
Access and Content Ltd	27	26	2
AFR-IX Data Communnications Ltd	4	4	1
Arif Investment Nigeria Ltd	55	55	1
Arrow Fast Ltd	3	3	3
Astramix Ltd	15,040	15,040	5
Backbone Connectivity Network Nigeria Ltd	313	313	2
Bat Computer Technologies Ltd	95	89	7
Beaconade Network Ltd	22	22	17
BrainShare Ltd	925	836	21
Bridgeone Telecoms Ltd	25	25	3
BrowsePoint Telecom Nigeria Ltd	41	35	4
CBC EMEA Ltd	394	394	1
Chapman Computer Ltd	46	46	1
CITCC Nigeria Ltd	1	1	1
Ciudad Infrastructure Ltd	330	330	23
Cleveland Technologies Ltd	278	45	2
Cobranet Ltd	3609	3609	85
Cobweb Communication Ltd	22	22	1
Comternet World Ltd	82	76	4
ConnectFocus Technologies Ltd	1	1	1
Content Oasis Ltd	20	15	1
Coquina Software Company Ltd	250	250	12
COZ Internet Ltd	157	157	1
Cross Atlantic Cables Ltd	8	8	1
Cyberspace Network Ltd	4260	4260	138
Dimension Data Ltd (formerly IS Internet Solutions)	733	733	8
Dotmac Technologies Ltd	1968	1608	27
Drausnet Ltd	28	26	14
Ejalet Tech Services Ltd	1	1	1
Ekovolt Telco Ltd	69	69	9
Electronic Connections Ltd	109	109	6
Excelsimo Networks Ltd	402	402	4
Fastfeet Ltd	128	125	9
Fibrehub Internetworking Ltd	352	271	1
Flexfinity Media Ltd	200	180	2
Futurecom Ltd	26	26	1
Galaxy Backbone Ltd	1,417	1,417	118
Giafra Wireless Network Ltd	4	4	2
GUTTI Global Solutions Ltd	8	8	2
Hyperia Ltd	1,406	1,406	8
IDS Africa Ltd	52	52	3
Imbil Telecom Sloutions Nig Ltd	53	8	3
INetWorld Ltd (formerly Access Solutions Ltd)	42	42	8
Information Conectivity Solutions Ltd (ICSL)	595	407	30
Inq. Digital Nigeria Ltd (formerly Vodacom)	1,290	1,290	92
Internet Solutions Nigeria Ltd	901	901	30
Internetsional Ltd	73	59	4
Interra Networks Ltd	4	4	4
Interweb Satcom Ltd	61	42	3
IOtech Global Hub Ltd	22	22	4
IP2AIR Networks Ltd	75	75	18
IP Express Ltd	981	933	30
ipNX Nigeria Ltd	19,068	13,104	53
ITX Telecoms Ltd	29	29	3
I-World Networks Ltd	1,327	1,117	3
Juniper Solutions Ltd	125	115	6
KAJAB ENG Services Ltd(FALCONET)	45	35	3
Layer3 Ltd	655	573	2
Liquid Interligent Technologies Ltd	5	5	5
Luli Fibra Cable Solution Ltd	20	20	1
MainOne Cable Ltd	1,486	1,486	51
MegaMore Wireless Broadband Ltd	198	165	8
MobitelLtd	0	0	2
Multi Dimensions Technology Ltd	3	3	3
NanoCom International Ltd	54	52	15
NetAccess Nigeria Ltd	15	15	1
Netfinity Ltd	183	183	22
Ngcom Ltd	1,931	1,401	10
Nkponani Ltd	5	5	1
Odua Telecoms Ltd	4	4	2
Orange Business Communications Services Nigeria Ltd	141	141	2
Paribas CommubnicationsLtd	10	10	2
Pear System Development Company Ltd	79	59	7
Phase 3 telecom Ltd	146	146	28
Platinum Index Data Comm. Ltd	105	87	12
Proline Technologies Ltd	102	87	23
Radical Technology Network Ltd	2,641	1,945	6
Realife Telecmmunications Ltd	10	6	2
Sea Net Technologies Nigeria Ltd	22	22	1
Sentient Networks Ltd	97	97	1
Skymax Integrated Network Ltd	370	279	14
Smart City Technology Compony Ltd	593	450	3
Spectranet Ltd	287,075	115,103	648
STL Fiberco Ltd	110	104	2
Suburban Broadband Ltd	6,354	4,349	6
Swift Talk Ltd	390	390	153
Syscodes Communication Ltd	332	276	22
Syscomptech Communications Ltd	64	46	1
Taprap Nigeria Ltd	109	83	1
Tehilah Base Digital Ltd	328	235	1
Telequip & Digital Ltd	21	21	1
Teleweb Services Ltd	146	131	1
Telserve Networks Ltd	16	16	4
Tizeti Network Ltd	39,410	18,243	131
Trakatel Ltd	182	142	5
Trefoil Networks Ltd	2	2	2
Tripple Logic Telecommunication Ltd	77	44	1
VDT Communications Ltd	12,767	7,294	59
Wavetek Nigeria Ltd	4	4	1
Winrock Nigeria Ltd	367	168	21
Zeta Web Ltd	523	311	-
GRAND TOTAL	415,099	204,810	2,146

Quarterly Subscriber Operator Data

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

Latest Data: Quarter 1 - 2022

OPERATORS	Sep'21	Dec'21	Mar'22	Q4 - Q3 (2021)	Q1(2022) - Q4(2021)
MTN Nigeria Communication	73,566,926	73,594,682	75,177,563	0.04	2.15
Globacom Limited	52,934,990	54,817,353	55,881,893	3.56	1.94
Airtel	51,035,565	53,926,886	55,370,983	5.67	2.68
EMTS Limited	12,983,433	12,789,344	12,770,917	(1.49)	(0.14)
Sub-Total (GSM)	190,520,914	195,128,265	199,201,356	2.42	2.09
VGC/MTN	7,277	7,387	7,462	1.51	1.02
21st Century Technologies	95,005	95,040	94,236	0.04	(0.85)
IPNX	1,408	1,237	1,265	(12.14)	2.26
Globacom Limited	2,711	2,721	2,710	0.37	(0.40)
Sub-Total(Fixed/Fixed Wireless)	106,401	106,385	105,673	(0.02)	(0.67)
Smile	224,719	226,985	249,200	1.01	9.79
Ntel	2,035	2,263	2,311	-	-
Sub-Total(VOIP)	226,754	229,248	251,511	1.10	9.71
TOTAL	190,854,069	195,463,898	199,558,540	2.42	2.09
% Of Mobile (GSM)	99.82	99.83	99.82
% Of Fixed/Fixed Wireless	0.06	0.05	0.05
% of (VOIP)	0.12	0.12	0.13

Annual Subscriber Technology Data

Years: 2004 - 2022

	Operator	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004
Active Lines	Mobile (GSM)	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	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	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	249,272	229,248	265,604	166,068	120,706	70,926
	Total	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]	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.

Sunday March 26, 2023

Subscriber Statistics