Telecommunications operators recorded 2.09 per cent growth in the first quarter of 2022, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has disclosed.
Categorised as mobile network operators , including the quartet of MTN, Airtel, Globacom and 9mobile, MTN, which recorded 0.04 per cent in Q4 2021, saw 2.15 in Q1 2022, Globacom that had 3.56 per cent by end of 2021, leaped by 1.94 per cent in the first three months of this year.
In the period under review, 199,558,540 active voice subscribers were recorded compared to the 192,413,613 figure of Q1 2021, representing a 3.71 per cent rise in voice subscription Year-on-Year . Similarly, 145,851,496 active Internet subscribers were got in Q1 2022, as against the 144,949,194 posted for Q1 2021, indicating a 0.62 per cent rise YoY.
Again, Lagos came out tops in active Internet subscription, recording 17,839,569, followed by Ogun with 8,538,812 and Kano’s 8,364,587. On the other hand, Bayelsa sustained its unenviable low with 1,043,059, as Ebonyi and Ekiti garnered 1,230,081 and 1,373,888 tallies. However, MTN has the highest share in Q1 2022.
It is only when the subscriber is not satisfied with the resolution that he/she could be referred to the commission at the expiration of the timeline.
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