The Nigerian
Communications Commission (NCC) said internet users in the Nigeria stood at 90
million in April.
The
telecommunications industry regulator made the disclosure in its Monthly
Internet Subscribers Data made available in its website on Thursday in Lagos.
The data
indicated that internet users on both Global System for Mobile (GSM)
communications and Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) networks increased from
90,003,101 in March to 90,154,737 in April.
NCC report
showed that internet users in Nigeria increased by 151,636 in the month under
review.
It said that
out of the 90,154,737 internet users in April, 90,124,428 were on GSM networks,
while 30,309 users were on CDMA networks.
Also, the GSM
service providers gained 151,636 internet customers after recording 90,124,428
users in April as against 89,972,792 it recorded in March.
The CDMA
operators had retained 30,309 internet subscribers in April as recorded in
March 2017.
The data
revealed that MTN had 30,805,977 subscribers browsing the internet on its
network in the month under review.
It said that
MTN recorded an increase of 286,628 internet subscribers in April, after
recording 30,519,351 in March.
According to
the data, Globacom has 27,190,771 customers surfing the net on its network in
April, revealing an increase of 169,571 users from the 27,021,200 that surfed
the internet on the network in March.
Airtel had
19,407,850 internet users in April showing a reduction of 15,910 customers from
19,423,760 recorded in March.
The data also
showed that Etisalat had 12,719,830 customers who browsed the internet in
April, revealing a decrease of 288,651 users from the 13,008,481 users recorded
in March.
The NCC data
also revealed that the CDMA operators, Multi-Links and Visafone had a joint
total of 30,309 internet users on their networks in April, maintaining the same
record of March.
According to
the data, Visafone has 30,305 customers surfing the internet in April, while
Multi-Links has just four internet users.
The data
showed that the increase in the use of the internet in the month of April was
in line with the country’s broadband target of 30 per cent penetration by 2018.
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