Active Telecoms Users Now 154mNCC

Active users of telecommunication services in Nigeria decreased from 155.1 million in January to 154. 1 million in February, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said.The NCC noted a decrease of 993,063 in the number of telecoms users across the country in February.Active users of telecommunications services in the country decreased to 154,120,484 in February this year from 155,113,547 in January,the telecommunications industry regulator made this known in its monthly Subscriber/Operator Data obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos.According to the data, 153,661,547 of the 154,120,484 active numbers subscribed to the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network services.The GSM operators active customers decreased by 998,899 of the 154,660,446 subscribers recorded in January.The reports state that of the GSM operators, MTN had 61,390,697 users in February which decreased by 858,130 against 62,248,827 recorded in January.Globacoms figure increased in February by 27,552, giving a total of 37,250,455 customers against 37,223,902 in January.Airtel had 34,832,181 subscribers in the month under review which increased by 165,416 users against 34,666,765 recorded in January.Etisalat, however, recorded a drop in customers by 333,738 in February, giving a customer base of 20,188,214 against 20,521,952 users in January.The Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) operators had 217,566 users in February same with the result of January.Between the two surviving CDMA service providers, Visafone had 213,106 customers, while Multi-Links had 4,460 in the month under review.It shows that the Fixed Wireless network (landline) consumers remained at 26,865 in February.NCCs report says between the two Fixed Wireless operators, Visafone had 26,437 subscribers as Multi-Links maintained its November record of 428 customers.It also revealed that the Fixed Wired operators (landline) subscriber base increased by 412, giving a total of 124,635 users in February against 124,223 recorded in January.
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