Nigeria’s active telecom voice subscribers hit 224m –NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the number of active voice subscribers in Nigeria increased to 224.71 million in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2023.

This, according to NBS, is more than the 222.57 million subscribers recorded in the same period in 2022 and represents an increase of 0.96 percent.

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) gave the statistics in its reports on “Telecoms Data: Active Voice and Internet per State, Porting and Tariff Information (Q4 2023).”

“The total number of active voice subscribers was 224,713,710 in Q4 2023 from 222,571,568 recorded in the corresponding quarter of 2022, indicating a growth rate of 0.96%. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, this rose by 1.32%,” the report said.

According to the report, also, in Q4 2023, the total number of active internet subscribers stood at 163,838,439 from 154,847,901 reported in Q4 2022, showing an increase of 5.81%.

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It added that on a quarter-on-quarter basis, this grew by 2.29%.

On state profile analysis, NBS said Lagos had the highest number of active voice subscribers in Q4 2023 with 26, 739,346, followed by Ogun with 13,070,779 and Kano with 12,325,633.

On the other hand, Bayelsa still recorded the least with 1,557,786, followed by Zamfara and Gombe with 2,772,424 and 2,785,030 respectively.

 The document said similarly, Lagos state had the highest number of active internet subscribers in Q4 2023 with 18,927,446, followed by Ogun with 9,570,463 and Kano with 9,031,581.

The bureau noted Bayelsa recorded the least active internet subscriber with 1,193,525, followed by Zamfara and Gombe with 1,959,252 and 2,100,073 respectively.

NBS reported that MTN maintains its status as the telecommunication service provider with the highest share of subscriptions in Q4 2023.