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Nigeria: MTN with Over 40% GSM Market Share, Glo and Airtel Level at 26%

by Peter Oluka
April 9, 2023
in Telecoms
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Nigeria GSM Market Share February 2023
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Nigeria GSM Market Share as at February 2023

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  • 9mobile accounts for 5.76 percent of the GSM market share
  • 21st Century dominates Fixed Wired market
  • Smile Communications leads the VoIP market

Latest statistics by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), shows MTN’s dominance with over 40 percent GSM market share, TechEconomy can report.

The report by NCC containing statistics up to February 2023 was released on March 27, 2023.

It shows information on the number of active subscribers for telephony services on each of the licensed service providers utilizing different technologies including GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), CDMA (Code-division multiple access), Fixed Wireless and Fixed Wired (i.e. Landline).

TechEconomy’s review of the NCC report shows MTN with 92,707,154 subscribers occupies 40.87 percent of the market, followed by Globacom (Glo) with 60,755,096 subscribers at 26.78 per cent market share.

Glo is closely followed by Airtel at 26.58 percent market share with 60,300,140 subscribers. 9mobile trails with 13,073,342 subscribers accounting for 5.76 percent of the market share.

Nigeria GSM Market Share February 2023
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Nigeria GSM Market Share February 2023 (Source: NCC.GOV.NG)

From the report, CDMA and Fixed Wireless markets are dormant presently.

Fixed Wired

Nigeria has 96,766 the Fixed Wired (i.e. Landline) as at February 2023. 21st Century dominates the market with 85,567 lines; an improvement from 85,491 the company recorded in January. MTN Fixed trails with 7,523 lines, followed by Glo Fixed accounting for 2,708 lines. ipNX comes a distant fourth with 968 lines.

Nigeria GSM Market Share February 2023
Nigeria Fixed Wired Market Share as at February 2023 (Source: NCC.GOV.NG)

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

Nigeria has 247,448 subscribers using the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services as at February 2023, TechEconomy can report.

Smile Communications is the market leader with 246,185 subscribers.

The second operator in that space is ntel. The company accounts for 1,263 subscribers as at February 2023.

Nigeria VoIP Market Share February 2023
Nigeria VoIP Market Share as at February 2023 (Source: NCC.GOV.NG)

Telecommunications operators are obligated, under the terms of their licenses, to provide the NCC with data on services, tariffs, technology, and subscribers, on a regular basis for analytical review and publishing.

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Peter Oluka (@peterolukai), editor of Techeconomy, is a multi-award winner practicing Journalist. Peter’s media practice cuts across Media Relations | Marketing| Advertising, other Communications interests. Contact: peter.oluka@techeconomy.ng

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