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 - March 2021

	Operator	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)	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	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	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	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)	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	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	1,069,008	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	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	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 - 2020

Service Provider	Total Connected	Total Active	Points of Presence
DIMENSION DATA LIMITED (FORMERLY IS INTERNET SOLUTIONS)	585	525	7
SPECTRANET	248,929	139,185	630
VDT	4,515	2,797	58
COBRANET	3,263	3,263	85
WAVETEK	5	5	3
NETACCESS COMMUNICATIONS NIGERIA	17	17	1
MAIN ONE CABLE	1,261	1,261	46
LAYER 3 LTD	103	98	2
WINROCK	84	84	10
IPNX	13,883	8,643	52
TRAKATEL LIMITED	110	98	6
TELSERVE NETWORKS	3	3	2
NANOCOM INTERNATIONAL LTD	50	42	10
ODUA TELECOMS LTD	4	3	1
EXCELSIMO NETWORKS LIMITED	571	571	28
PLATINUM INDEX DATA COMMUNICATION	25	15	4
TEHILAHBASE LTD	305	212	1
ESTREAM NETWORKS	90	90	85
EKOVOLT	49	49	4
TREFOIL NETWORKS LIMITED	2	1	2
FUTURECOM	30	30	1
INQ DIGITAL(FORMERLY VODACOM)	1,140	1,140	100
HYPERIA	1,397	1,397	4
CBC EMEA	55	35	1
JUNIPER	102	102	1
TIZETI	21,850	18,369	109
SEA NET TECHNOLOGIES NIGERIA LIMITED	20	20	1
CLOUD COVER	715	670	-
ICSL	575	410	30
COZ INTERNET LIMITED	159	93	3
SKYMAX	179	14	7
I-WORLD NETWORKS LTD	652	646	17
PLATINUM INDEX DATA COMMUNICATIONS	40	20	5
COQUINA SOFTWARE COY LTD	119	119	7
ACCESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED	26	26	7
ELECTRONIC CONNECTIONS LIMITED	105	105	1
EJALET TECH SERVICES LIMITED	37	37	37
COBWEB COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED	10	10	16
BRICLINKS AFRICA PLC	94	86	5
CLEAR SKY BROADBAND LTD	56	14	-
COSCHARIS TECHNOLOGIES	37	36	1
CONENT OASIS	332	250	N/A
RADICAL TECHNOLOGY NETWORK	2,235	2,235	6
INTERNET SOLUTIONS NIGERIA LIMITED	691	666	19
MEGAMORE WIRELESS BROADBAND LTD	75	63	2
COMTERNET WORLD LIMITED	23	17	4
CIUDAD INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED	1	1	2
FASTFEET LIMITED	65	65	8
ARROWFAST LIMITED	100	100	2
TECHPOINT GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED	10	10	1
CONNECTFOCUS TECHNOLOGIES IMITED	-	-	1
ZETA WEB	400	251	-
BAT COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES LTD	41	36	6
GUTTI GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LTD	10	10	4
TELEQUIP DIGITAL	39	39	2
TOTAL	305,255	184,075	1,450

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 - 2021

OPERATORS	Sep'20	Dec'20	Mar'21	Q4 - Q3 (2020)	Q1(2021) - Q4 (2020)
MTN Nigeria Communication	82,635,082	80,764,128	75,927,231	(2.26)	(5.99)
Globacom Limited	54,254,550	54,840,192	52,918,718	1.08	(3.50)
Airtel	55,250,798	55,642,209	50,384,950	0.71	(9.45)
EMTS Limited	12,729,222	12,982,149	12,850,383	1.99	(1.01)
Visafone Limited	0	0	0	-	-
Sub-Total (GSM)	204,869,652	204,228,678	192,081,282	(0.31)	(5.95)
Visafone Limited	-	-	-	-	-
Multilinks-Telkom	-	-	-	-	-
Sub-Total (CDMA Mobile)	-	-	-	-	-
Visafone Limited	-	-	-	-	-
Multilinks-Telkom	-	-	-	-	-
VGC/MTN	6,696	7,192	7,250	7.41	0.81
21st Century technologies	96,467	96,365	94,230	(0.11)	(2.22)
IPNX	1,566	1,230	1,242	(21.46)	0.98
Globacom Limited	2,503	2,244	2,758	(10.35)	22.91
Sub-Total(Fixed/Fixed Wireless)	107,232	107,031	105,480	(0.19)	(1.45)
Smile	272,519	263,243	224,766	(3.40)	(14.62)
Ntel	2,655	2,361	2,085	-	-
Sub-Total(VOIP)	275,174	265,604	226,851	(3.48)	(14.59)
TOTAL	205,252,058	204,601,313	192,413,613	(0.32)	(5.96)
% Of Mobile (GSM)	99.81	99.82	99.83
% Of Mobile (CDMA)	0.00	0.00	0.00
% Of Fixed/Fixed Wireless	0.05	0.05	0.05
% of (VOIP)	0.13	0.13	0.12

Annual Subscriber Technology Data

Years: 2004 - 2020

	Operator	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004
Active Lines	Mobile (GSM)	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	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	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	265,604	166,068	120,706	70,926
	Total	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)	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	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	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	1,068,033	952,292	775,374	472,853
	Total	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	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	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	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	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]	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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Months: April 2017 - March 2021

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Latest Data : Quarter 3 - 2020

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Latest Data: Quarter 1 - 2021

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Years: 2004 - 2020

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