‘Active telecom subscribers declined by
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has disclosed that active telecommunication subscribers have reduced from 152,467,198 in March, 2017 to 149,249,510 in the month of April.
The telecommunications industry regulator made this known in its Monthly Subscriber/Operator Data obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos.
It said that the active telecommunications service customers declined by 3,217,688 in April, as against 152,467,198 in March, 2017.
According to the data, 148,774,015 of the 149,249,510 active numbers subscribed to the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network services.
The GSM operators’ active customers decreased by 3,225,182 on the 151,999,197 subscribers recorded in March.
The reports stated that of the GSM operators, MTN had 58,121,427 users in April, showing a decrease of 2,270,532 from the 60,391,959 recorded in March.
Globacom’s figure decreased in April by 58,727 with 37,270,100 customers, as against 37,328,827 in March.
Airtel had 34,336,802 subscribers in the month under review, which showed a decline of 319,803 users, from the 34,656,605 recorded in March.
Etisalat also recorded a drop in customers by 576,120 in April, giving a customer base of 19,045,686, as against 19,621,806 users in March.
The Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) operators had 217,566 users in April, which was same with the result for March.
Between the two surviving CDMA service providers, Visafone had 213,106 customers, while Multi-Links had 4,460 in the month under review.
The monthly subscriber/ operator data showed that the Fixed Wireless network (landline) consumers remained at 26,865 in April.
Between the two landline networks, Visafone had 26,437 subscribers, while Multi-Links maintained its record of 428 customers.
It also revealed that the Fixed Wired operators (landline) subscriber base increased by 1,304, giving a total of 126,939 users in April, as against 125,635 recorded in March.
In the Fixed Wired arena,