Nigeria’s active telephone numbers now 222m, NCC reveals | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News ⬇️
These 25.1 million included new lines that were activated and those who were reactivated after they were barred due to their non-compliance with the NIN-SIM linkage exercise in the course of 2022.
Specifically, Nigeria started 2022 with 197.4 million active telephone lines; February 198.1 million; March 199.5 million; April 201.6 million; May 204.5 million; June 206.4 million; July 208.9 million. Indeed, from January to December 2022, the country’s teledensity rose by 12.8 per cent. It moved from 103.79 per cent in January to 116.6 per cent in December 2022.
Further analysis of the December data showed that Internet subscriptions via the narrowband, that is GSM platforms, added11.1 million new users. The data rose from 143.2 million in January to 154.3 million by December last year.
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