Telecoms subscribers grew by 2.03 million in Jan, says NCC

The variety of telecommunication subscribers in Nigeria grew by 2.03 million in January, in keeping with new business statistics from the Nigerian Communications Fee.

The NCC said that there have been 195,128,265 telecom subscribers in December 2021. In its new business statistics, the fee revealed that the variety of subscribers grew to 197,152,773 in January 2022.

Information from the fee added that teledensity, the variety of energetic phone connections per 100 inhabitants residing inside an space, grew from 102.40 per cent in December 2021 to 103.46 per cent in January 2022.

The info additional revealed that the variety of Web subscribers grew by 1,588,493 from 141,617,023 in December 2021 to 143,205,516 in January 2022.

Commenting on the expansion to our correspondent, the President of the Nationwide Affiliation of Telecoms Subscribers, Adeolu Ogunbanjo, stated the latest progress being witnessed within the sector was because of the extension of the deadlines of the Nationwide Identification Quantity-Subscriber Identification Module information verification train.

He added, “These two million new subscribers would have undergone the processes of SIM-NIN linkages.

“That’s the essence of leaving it open-ended, that’s no cut-off date. What if the latest extension didn’t occur, it means these two million wouldn’t have been added to the database in any respect.

“I might additional say they need to encourage subscribers to do the SIM-NIN linkage at their tempo. They should go away it open-ended. Within the subsequent six to 9 months, we’d file extra connections from subscribers. And these subscribers would have undergone the SIM-NIN registration.

“This progress is a results of the extensions granted every now and then. We will relaxation assured that the NIN-SIM linkage will certainly enhance as a result of individuals can now do it at their tempo somewhat than being cornered and tensed.”