An all-time high 93 million Nigerians now use the Internet

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced in its Monthly Internet Subscriber Data that the number of internet users on the country’s telecom networks is at all-time high of over 93 million in July, 2015.

The number of Internet users in June was put at 92,816,572 but increased to 93,551,811 in the month of July.

The data states that of the 93,551,811 internet users in July, 93,403,147 used GSM networks, while 148,664 users were went on the Internet via CDMA networks.

Also, MTN Nigeria had 41,101,886 of the 93,403,147 customers browsing the internet on its.

MTN had an increase of 616,216 internet subscribers in July after recording 40,485,670 users in the month of June.

Mike Adenuga-owned Globacom had 19,330,549 subscribers surfing the net in July, according to the NCC report.

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According to the report, Airtel Nigeria had 17,605,852 internet users in the month of July, as against 17,598,626 customers recorded in June.

Etisalat’s network also rose by 108,781 in the month of July.

The NCC also stated that the CDMA operators (Multi-Links and Visafone), had a joint total of 148,664 internet users on their networks in July.

According to various media reports, the Commission said the increase in the use of the internet in the month of July showed that more Nigerians were embracing ICT.

The NCC added that the country was making progress towards achieving 30 per cent broadband penetration by 2018.