Teledensity drags as telecoms operators get new subscribers

  By Favour Unukaso THOUGH it gained about 0.4 per cent in July, Nigeria’s teledensity has remained very slow in the last three months, a report has revealed.     While the country witnessed 115.91 per cent in May, it dropped to 115.30 per cent in June and leaped slightly in July to 115.70 per... Read More

More Nigerians make calls as telephone subscriptions rise to 227m

TELECOMMUNICATION operators activated additional 953,192 Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards in February to push active telephone lines in the country to 227 million from 325 million connected lines since the telecoms revolution began in Nigeria. The new figure was a slight departure from the 226 million recorded in the first month of the year.... Read More

Nigeria’s active telephone lines hit 222m as telcos share 25.1m subscribers in 2022

    By Staff Reporter TELECOMS operators in Nigeria added some 25.1 million telephone lines to the country’s network in 2022, statistics from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have revealed. These 25.1million included new lines that were activated and those who were reactivated after they were barred due to their non-compliance with the NIN-SIM... Read More

983,174 telephone lines activated in August 

By Favour Unukaso BY the end of August, telecoms operators activated 983, 174 telephone lines, which pushed active subscriptions from 208,969,445 million in July to 209,952,619 one month after.   The activation of the lines ensured that the country’s teledensity also leaped by 0.52 per cent, rising from 109.47 per cent in July to 109.99... Read More