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The number of Internet subscribers in the country increased to 151.51 million subscribers in the third quarter of 2020, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reports.
This is compared to the 143.63 million subscribers recorded in the second quarter.
According to the NBS report on telecoms data for Q2 and Q3 2020 released on Sunday, this represents a 5.48 percent growth quarter-on-quarter.
In Q3 2020, a total of 205 million voice subscribers were reported to have been active compared to 196.24 million subscribers in Q2 2020, representing a 4.59 percent growth.
“MTN has the highest share of subscriptions (both voice and internet). This is closely followed by GLO, Airtel, and emerging markets telecommunications services (EMTS)—9mobile respectively,” the report read.
For states, Lagos with 25.25 million people, had the highest number of subscribers in terms of active voice in Q3 2020, followed by Kano (14.42 million); Ogun (11.82 million); Oyo (10.46 million); and federal capital territory (FCT) with 9.09 million subscribers.
Meanwhile, Bayelsa (1.49 million), Ekiti (1.82 million), Ebonyi (1.83 million), Jigawa (2.58 million), and Gombe (2.65 million) were the states with the least number of active voice subscribers.
In the same vein, Lagos state had the highest number of active internet subscribers in Q3 2020 with 19 million people, followed by Kano (10.26 million); Ogun (8.82 million); Oyo (7.95 million); and FCT (6.83 million).
On the other hand, Bayelsa (1.09 million), Ebonyi (1.28 million), Ekiti (1.43 million), Jigawa (1.85 million), and Gombe (1.87 million) had the least number of internet subscribers in Nigeria as at the end of Q3 2O20.
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