The mobile (GSM) sub-sector controls 99.80% of the contribution.
According to the subscriber statistics, MTN Nigeria maintains its lead as the largest telecoms service provider in the country with 68.76 million subscribers, representing 4.6% growth year-on-year.
MTN Nigeria is followed by Globalcom, Airtel Nigeria, and 9mobile respectively.
Between January 2019 and December 2019, Globalcom Nigeria gained 6.1 million customers, while Airtel Nigeria added more 5.2 million subscribers. 9Mobile, on the other hand, lost 2.7 million subscribers.
Heres how each telecoms firms fared in 2019:
- MTN Nigeria - 68.76 million subscribers
- Globalcom - 51.7 million
- Airtel Nigeria - 50.2 million subscribers
- 9mobile - 13.6 million
NCC sanctions telcos for floating rules
According to the NCC's latest Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Report for Q3 2019, Airtel, 9Mobile, and Globacom were sanctioned for forcefully subscribing customers to Data and Value Added Services in contravention of the Commission’s directive on forceful subscription.
- Airtel - N2, 397,084.000 (Two Billion, Three Hundred and Ninety-Seven Million, Eighty-Four Thousand Naira)
- EMTS - N164, 362,000 (One Hundred and Sixty Four Million, Three Hundred and Sixty-Two Thousand Naira)
- Globacom - N232, 576,000(Two Hundred and Thirty-Two Million, Five Hundred and Seventy-Six Thousand Naira).