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 - May 2022

	Operator	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)	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	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	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	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)	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	218,434	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	1,151,063	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	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	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 1 - 2022

Operator	Connected Subscribers	Active Subscribers	Points Of Presence
21st Century Ltd	5296	2571	50
5M Telecom Ltd	314	284	12
8ight Unique Global Telecommunication Ltd	32	32	3
Access and Content Ltd	25	25	2
Access Solutions Ltd	49	30	7
Arif Investment Nigeria Ltd	55	55	1
Arrow Fast Ltd	7	7	3
Astramix Ltd	20040	20040	5
Backbone Connectivity Network Nigeria Ltd	272	272	2
Bat Computer Technologies Ltd	68	68	6
BrainShare Ltd	826	826	21
BrowsePoint Telecom Nigeria Ltd	21	15	4
CBC EMEA Ltd	330	330	1
Chapman Computer Ltd	43	43	1
CITCC Nigeria Ltd	2	2	1
Ciudad Infrastructure Ltd	129	129	9
Cobranet Ltd	3526	3526	84
Cobweb Communication Ltd	18	14	1
Comternet World Ltd	65	48	4
ConnectFocus Technologies Ltd	1	1	1
Content Oasis Ltd	15	15	1
Coquina Software Company Ltd	230	230	12
COZ Internet Ltd	160	150	1
Cyberspace Network Ltd	3593	3593	138
Dimension Data Limited (formerly IS Internet)	700	675	8
Dotmac Technologies Ltd	1369	129	15
Drausnet Ltd	28	24	5
Ejalet Tech Services Ltd	22	22	22
Ekovolt Telco Ltd	51	51	4
Estream Networks Ltd	152	152	21
Fibrehub Internetworking Ltd	294	294	1
Flexfinity Media Ltd	200	180	2
Futurecom Ltd	28	28	1
Galaxy Backbone Ltd	524	524	2
Galaxy Tech Galaxy Information Tech Ltd	33	33	41
GUTTI Global Solutions Limited	10	10	2
Hyperia Ltd	1506	1506	4
IDS Africa Ltd	43	43	3
IMBIL Telecoms Ltd	45	1	2
Inq. Digital Nigeria Limited (formerly Vodacom)	1239	1239	92
Internet Solutions Nigeria Ltd	867	867	28
Internetsional Ltd	56	0	7
Interra Networks Ltd	6	4	4
Interweb Satcom Ltd	60	41	3
IOtech Global Hub Ltd	20	20	4
IP Express Ltd	764	738	29
IpNX Nigeria Ltd	17499	12516	53
ITX Telecoms Ltd	26	26	4
I-World Networks Ltd	872	799	2
Juniper Solutions Ltd	106	106	1
Kajab Eng Services Ltd (Falconet)	30	23	1
Khal Communications Nig Ltd	87	53	12
Layer3 Ltd	130	126	2
Liquid Intelligent Technologies	3	3	3
MainOne Cable Ltd	1579	1579	49
MegaMore Wireless Broadband Ltd	164	123	6
Mobitel Ltd	0	0	0
Multi Dimensions Technology Ltd	3	3	3
MYD Technologies Ltd	45	45	1
NanoCom International Ltd	56	56	15
NetAccess Nigeria Ltd	17	0	1
Ngcom Ltd	1287	1308	10
Nkponani Ltd	2	2	1
Odua Telecoms Ltd	4	4	2
Onenetwork Integrated Links Ltd	8	8	1
Orange Business Communications Services Nigeria Ltd	147	147	2
PEAR Ltd	70	50	6
Phase 3 Telecom Ltd	154	8	28
Platinum Index Data Comm. Ltd	89	74	12
Priority Communication Ltd	1	1	1
Radical Technology Network Ltd	1852	1852	6
Sea Net Technologies Nigeria Ltd	16	16	1
Sentient Networks Ltd	97	97	1
Skymax Integrated Network Ltd	359	272	13
Smart City Technology Company Ltd	470	380	2
Spectranet Ltd	260725	121281	630
Spidernet Multi-Service Ltd	25	20	3
STL Fiberco Ltd	54	46	2
Suburband Broadband Ltd	4435	4435	3
Swifttalk Ltd	320	320	145
Syscodes Communication Ltd	290	259	20
Syscomtech Communications Ltd	53	50	1
Taechpoint Global Solutions Ltd	76	30	4
DELETED	47	36	1
Tehilah Base Digital Ltd	328	235	1
Telequip $ Digital Ltd	81	81	0
Teleweb Services Ltd	145	124	1
Telserve Networks Ltd	9	6	2
Tizeti Network Ltd	29397	17438	126
Trakatel Ltd	121	96	6
Trefoil Networks Ltd	3	2	1
VAS Technologies Ltd	2	2	1
VDT Communications Ltd	11216	7146	59
Wavetek Nigeria Ltd	5	5	1
Winrock Nigeria Ltd	109	114	17
Zeta Web Ltd	499	343	0
GRAND TOTAL	376740	210597	1953

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 - 2021

	Operator	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004
Active Lines	Mobile (GSM)	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	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	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	229,248	265,604	166,068	120,706	70,926
	Total	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)	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	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	218,354	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	1,114,366	1,068,033	952,292	775,374	472,853
	Total	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	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	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	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	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]	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.

Saturday August 13, 2022

Subscriber Statistics