NCC names telecom giant as best network on new Internet subscriptions

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February 8, 2016 10:29 AM

Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, NCC CEO/EVC

Globacom gained the highest number of internet users in September of 2015 with over a million new internet users on its network, based on a report on the 2015 third quarter (Q3) statistics currently on the NCC website.

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Globacom’s figure was much more than the total number of new internet users who joined the three other major telecom operators, MTN, Airtel, and Etisalat, put together, according to the report.

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In September, the three recorded a combined total of 716,450 new internet subscribers. Coming closest to Globacom was MTN, which recorded an additional 423,448 new internet users on its network.

Airtel came in third with 235,941 new subscribers while Etisalat recorded the least number of new internet users in the industry with just 57,061 new data subscribers joining the network in September.

For several months, Globacom has been leading the race for the acquisition of new internet users in the market.

For instance, last August, the network added 1,434,830 data users, while MTN recorded 309,960 and Etisalat 147,149 new internet surfers. Airtel, meanwhile, had a drop of 110,838.

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