Nigeria’s mobile internet subscribers increased by 12.2m in one year. It increased from 139 million recorded in October 2021 to 152.15 million at the end of October 2022.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) revealed this in a recent update of industry statistics posted on its website.

Of the total figure, mobile (GSM) accounted for 152.15 million subscribers — leaving fixed wire and VoIP for the remaining subscribers.

According to TheCable Index, in the period under review, analysis showed that all mobile networks recorded an increase in internet subscriptions — except 9mobile.

MTN Nigeria’s internet subscribers increased by 6.41 million from 58.10 million in October 2021 to 64.51 million in October 2022.

Subscribers under Globacom and Airtel increased by 3.44 million and 3.23 million, respectively.

9mobile, on the other hand, lost 694,614 internet subscribers, dropping to 5.11 million for the period under review.