Nigeria Records 198.1m Active Telephony Subscriptions Feb 2022, 12.61% Telecom Contribution to GDP, Q4 2021

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) being consistent with Section 89 Subsection 3(d) of the Nigerian Communications Act 2003 (NCA 2003), which mandate it to monitor and report on the state of the Nigerian telecommunications industry, provide statistical analyses and identify industry trends with regard to services, tariffs, operators, technology, subscribers, issues of competition and dominance, etc has released its latest report.

The Commission noted that it regularly conducts studies and surveys and produces reports on the telecommunications industry, and telecommunications operators are obligated, under the terms of the licenses, to provide the NCC with such data on a regular basis for analytical review and publishing and also with a view to identifying areas where regulatory intervention would be needed.

Gentechnews gathered from the NCC’s records that telephony subscriptions was 198,123,431 in February 2022 when compared to January 2022  which  stood 197,499,028 showing an increase by 624,403.

The Commission noted that the country’s Teledensity in the period under review indicated that the country has reached 103.79% teledensity.

The section, the Commission said contains the sum total of all active telephony subscribers and teledensity as calculated on monthly and annual basis defines Teledensity as the number of active telephone connections per one hundred (100) inhabitants living within an area and is expressed as a percentage figure.

 

SUBSCRIBER/TELEDENSITY DATA

Nigeria Active Telephony subscription (Source: NCC.gov.ng)

It stated that from March 2019, teledensity is calculated based on a population estimate of 190 million, up from 140 million.

Subscriber / Operator Data

This section contains information on the number of active subscribers for telephony services on each of the licensed service providers utilizing different technologies including GSM, CDMA, Fixed Wireless and Fixed Wired (i.e. Landline).

 See table below for details:

 

MARKET SHARE BY OPERATORS(GSM)

FEBRUARY 2022

The Commission noted that by February 2022, Airtel recorded 55,004,561 representing (27.81%), 9 Mobile 12,842,909 (6.49%), Globacom 54,987,328 (27.80%) and MTN 74,933,684(37.89%)

Mobile Peak Period (Voice) Tariff

This section contains information on the annualized average cost per minute of a voice call during call traffic peak periods, across all the major telephony operators in the country. The information provided shows the cost for calls made to a number within the same network (On-Net) and a number on another network (Off-Net)

MOBILE PEAK PERIOD (VOICE) TARIFF

2007-2016

Percentage (%) Market Share by Technology

Market Share by Technology in terms of Percentage (%) according to the NCC report shows that 99.80 per cent of the subscribers are utilizing telecommunications services through the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM). The mobile Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) shows Zero per cent share of the market, while the fixed wireless shows 0.10 per cent and the Voice of IP (VoIP) shows 0.10%.

MARKET SHARE BY TECHNOLOGY

Table shows percentage Market Share by Technology (Source: NCC)

Internet Subscriber Data

This section contains information on the number of active subscribers for data (internet) services on each of the licensed service providers utilizing the different technologies, i.e. GSM and CDMA.

Nigeria Active Telephony subscription – Market Share at February 2022 Market Share – GSM 143,697,640; Fixed Wireless recorded 13,943, while VoIP recorded 347,503. However, the total Nigeria’s active Internet subscriptions as at February 2022 stood at 144,056,812.

Broadband penetration

Nigeria Active Telephony subscription – Nigeria Broadband Penetration rate

The broadband penetration stood at 40.91% as at February 2022, while the subscription was put at 78,082,273.

Broadband subscription/ Penetration Data

MARCH 2021-FEBURARY 2022

 

Porting Activities of Mobile Network Operators (GSM)

This section describes the monthly porting trend in the telecommunications sector per mobile operator and refers to the number of transactions whereby a mobile number is transferred from one service provider to another on the request of a subscriber who wishes to change service provider while keeping the same telephone number.

PORTING DATA INCOMING

 

Incoming (Inward) Porting means the number of numbers ported from another service provider’s network into a service provider’s own network.

As at February 2022, in the Incoming (Inward) Porting, Airtel had 555, 9Mobile-114, Globacom-NIL, MTN-2,482 while the total for the incoming porting for all the networks stood at 3,151.

Percentage(%) Contribution of Telecoms Industry to GDP

This section describes the percentage contributed to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Nigeria by the telecommunications industry.

In Q4 2021 Telecoms Industry Contribution to GDP stood at 12.61% when compared to Q4 2020 which was 12.45%, while Q4 2019 was 10.60%. This shows that there was an exponential growth in Telecoms Industry Contribution to GDP by Q4 2021.