According to
the telecom industry statistics published on the website of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC),
a total of 7,477,977 new lines were
activated between June 2015 and June 2016, with Globacom recording a whopping 5,063,895 new susbcribers, representing
68 percent, while Airtel added
2,414,082 new customers. The statistics went further to show that MTN and
Etisalat had their GSM subscriber figures whittled down. While Etisalat
lost 382,336 customers, MTN’s subscriber base was depleted by 4, 403,344 in the
last one year.
According to
the NCC’s detailed report, with the feat achieved by Globacom, the data
grandmaster has now grown its market share from 21 percent to 24percent with
36.3 million subscribers at the end of June, 2016. But, MTN which once had
over 45% share of the market had this reduced to 39% at the end of June with
58.4m subscribers. Glo had a total of 31,256,677 customers by June 2015,
whereas MTN had 62,813,111.
In a
statement by Globacom, it has continued to narrow the gap between it
and MTN, it has created a substantial gap between it and Airtel. Both Glo and
Airtel were at par in terms of market share only three months ago with each
having 21percent.
But Airtel,
whose subscriber base stood at 29,564,766 at the middle of last year, had
31,978,848 customers at the end of June 2016. This still keeps it at 21 percent
share of the GSM market. On its part, Etisalat had 15% share with
22,469,896 customers at the end of June, 2016, down from 22,852,232 at the
same time last year.
Globacom’s
lead in the voice segment of the industry complements its status as clear
leader in the data market where it has for the last one year remained tops in
new internet subscriber acquisition.
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