Subscriber Data

Click the links on the tables below to display the number of subscribers and teledensity for mobile and fixed telephony services on a monthly and annual basis respectively.

Monthly Subscriber Technology Data

Months: April 2017 - October 2019

	Operator	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)	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	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	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	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)	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	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	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	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	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 - 2019

Service Provider	Total Connected	Total Active	Points of Presence
IS INTERNET SOLUTIONS	792	792	8
SPECTRANET	197,589	128,982	628
VDT	1,254	913	38
COBRANET	3,189	3,189	80
WAVETEK	3	3	-
NETACCESS COMMUNICATIONS NIGERIA	15	17	1
MAIN ONE CABLE	1,371	1,099	39
LAYER3 LTD	65	61	2
WINROCK LTD	72	-	16
KHAL COMMUNICATIONS	80	50	13
MOBITEL LIMITED	-	-	-
TRAKATEL LIMITED	60	60	4
TELSERVE NETWORKS LIMITED	2	2	2
ipNX	10,177	5,978	60
PLATINUM INDEX DATA COMMUNICATIONS	34	34	-
ECNX	105	105	1
EXCELSIMO	196	196	14
BAT	17	12	4
EKOVOLT	51	51	4
TREFOIL NETWORKS LIMITED	34	3	3
FUTURECOM	39	39	1
VODACOM	2,021	2,021	6
CONTENT OASIS LTD	325	265	29
HYPERIA LIMITED	1,950	1,950	5
ENTOUCHE NETWORKS NIG. LTD	10	8	2
E-SENSE TECHNOLOGY	47	11	7
CBC EMEA	52	38	1
SMARTCITY BROADBAND LTD	60	53	4
JUNIPER	100	100	1
TEHILAH BASED LTD	209	159	2
TIZETI	7,079	8,192	103
CPN LTD.COM	15	15	1
VPS TECHNOLOGIES	2	2	-
CLOUD COVER	527	104	-
ICSL	428	390	28
SADC	N/A	-	1
ORANGE LTD	-	-	2
CONNECTFOCUS	-	-	1
SKYMAX	350	279	8
ARROWFAST LIMITED	4,500	4,500	3
ARCELOR NETWORKS	578	448	15
TOTAL	233,364	160,090	1,135

Quarterly Subscriber Operator Data

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

Latest Data: Quarter 3 - 2019

OPERATORS	Mar'19	Jun'19	Sep'19	Q1 - Q2 (2019)	Q2 - Q3 (2019)
MTN Nigeria Communication	65,034,615	65,259,375	65,328,104	0.35	0.11
Globacom Limited	46,203,703	46,594,981	49,211,474	0.85	5.62
Airtel	45,238,335	45,929,995	48,909,678	1.53	6.49
EMTS Limited	16,838,403	15,965,250	15,965,096	(5.19)	(3.95)
Visafone Limited	0	0	118,842	-	-
Sub-Total (GSM)	173,315,056	173,749,601	178,902,194	0.25	2.97
Visafone Limited	117,807	-	-	(100.00)	-
Multilinks-Telkom	4,460	-	-	(100.00)	-
Sub-Total (CDMA Mobile)	122,267	0	0	(100.00)	-
Visafone Limited	26,437	-	-	(100.00)	-
Multilinks-Telkom	428	-	-	(100.00)	-
VGC/MTN	5,449	5,375	5,352	(1.36)	(0.43)
21st Century technologies	96,695	98,858	97,037	2.24	(1.84)
IPNX	2,221	2,122	2,154	(4.46)	1.51
Globacom Limited	2,789	2,827	2,707	1.36	(4.24)
Sub-Total(Fixed/Fixed Wireless)	134,019	109,182	107,250	(18.53)	(1.77)
Smile	137,247	161,012	162,924	17.32	1.19
Ntel	5,253	4,321	4,562	-	-
Sub-Total(VOIP)	142,500	165,333	167,486	16.02	1.30
TOTAL	173,713,842	174,024,116	179,176,930	0.18	2.96
% Of Mobile (GSM)	99.77	99.84	99.85
% Of Mobile (CDMA)	0.07	0.00	0.00
% Of Fixed/Fixed Wireless	0.08	0.06	0.06
% of (VOIP)	0.08	0.10	0.09

Annual Subscriber Technology Data

Years: 2004 - 2018

	Operator	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004
Active Lines	Mobile (GSM)	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)	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	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	120,706	70,926
	Total	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)	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)	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	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	775,374	472,853
	Total	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	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	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	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	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]	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.
Teledensity from December 2007 is based on active subscribers.
Teledensity from December 2001 to 2006 was based on connected subscribers.

Subscriber Statistics