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Gbeminiyi Ogunleye
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Mobile GSM Technology Leads in Internet Penetration, as Fewer SubscribersPatroniseISPs, VoIP
The latest industry statistics released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has revealedthat more subscribers patronised the services offered by GSM operators like MTN, Airtel, Globacom and 9mobile, including ntel, for their internet connectivity, via their mobile devices such as snartphones and tablets.
According to the statistics, which THISDAY obtained from the official website of NCC, the active internet subscriptions by technology, from January 2024 to October 2024, revealed that internet subscriptions via the mobile GSM technology, led other technologies, through which Nigerians also connect to the internet. The other technologies include the Wired and Wireless technologies offered by licensed Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology and the Fixed Wired technology.
From the statistics, as at October 2024, the total number of active internet subscriptions across all connecting technologies in Nigeria, was put at 134,787,935, while the number of those connected to the internet via mobile GSM technology alone, using smartphones and tablets, was put at 134,279,501, followed by Wired and Wireless technologies, offered by ISPs, which was put at 285,702. The VoIP technology for internet connectivity was next, with a total number 212,071 internet subscription, as at October 2024. The least of the technologies is the Fixed Wired technology, which has 10, 661 internet subscriptions as at October 2024.
Credit: Thisdaylive
