Telecommunications operators have activated and reactivated 4.3 million telephone lines as Nigeria’s teledensity leaped by 1.6 per cent in November 2022.
Subscription statistics from the Nigerian Communications Commission , the November edition, released at the weekend, showed that the activation of 4.3 million telephone lines ensured that the country’s active telephone lines moved from 214.7 million in October 2022 to 218.9 million by November 2022.
Globacom is second with 27.4 per cent market reach and 59.9 million customers across the country as of November 2022. The telecommunications firm was only able to add 312,274 to the network in the period under review. MEANWHILE, as the 2023 gradually takes off, the telecoms operators have asked for cost based tariffs. The Chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria , Gbenga Adebayo, said this has become necessary based on the several challenges confronting members’ ease of doing business in Nigeria.
According to him, ALTON members rely on forex for importation, because “virtually everything we use in the sector is import dependent. You talk about the base station equipment; generating sets, batteries among others. But the inability to get a foreign exchange is impacting not only expansion but also upgrades of existing infrastructure.
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