- Number of internet users in Nigeria stands at 94million
- GSM and CDMA networks increased by 167,819
- Airtel and Globacom record increase, while Etisalat and MTN flop
- Multi-Links and Visafone (CDMA Operators), had a joint total of 66,776 internet users
Data from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says the number of Internet users as at August on Nigeria’s telecommunications networks stands at 93,591,174,
The Commission made this known in its monthly Internet Subscriber Data, which was obtained at the weekend in Lagos.
The data showed that of the 93,591,174 internet users in August, 93,524,398 were on the GSM networks, while 66,776 used the CDMA.
The data shows that internet usage on the Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) and the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) networks increased by 167,819
The two CDMA networks in the country recorded a decrease of 18,408 internet subscribers in the month under review, from the 85,184 users they recorded in July.
According to the NCC, Nigeria’s indigenous company, Globacom has 26,984,974 customers browsing on the internet in August, showing an increase of 164,098 from its July’s record of 26,820,876.
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Airtel Nigeria network recorded a rise of users with 18,519,233 internet users in the month of August, as against 17,910,307 customers in July.
The records further showed that Airtel Nigeria network users increased by 608,926 in the month of August.
The data also reveals that Etisalat had 15,248,932 internet users in August as against the 15,274,493 in July, recording a decrease of 25,561 users in the month under review.
Meanwhile, MTN suffered a decline of 561,236 internet subscribers in August after it recorded 33,332,495 users in the month of July.
Of the 93,591,174 internet users on the GSM networks in the month under review, the document showed that MTN Nigeria had 32,771,259 customers browsing on its network.
The CDMA operators (Multi-Links and Visafone), had a joint total of 66,776 internet users on their networks in August.
Visafone had 66,772 customers surfing the web in August, showing a reduction of 18,408 users from its July record of 85,180 while Multi-Links maintained the four internet users it registered in July.
The report revealed the need for more Nigerians to embrace the internet to speed up the country’s progress towards achieving 30 percent broadband penetration by 2018.
