NCC – Africa Tech Digest

Nigeria’s current data usage has hit 205,880 terabytes. This is according to data from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). According to the commission, the latest output indicates an increase of 202.08 per cent in the last three years. According to the NCC data, information from subscriber/network reports demonstrates that data usage jumped from 68,154.12 terabytes in 2019 to 125,149.86 terabytes in 2020 and up to its current value of 205,880.4 terabytes. The report explained that Nigerians consumed more data due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 because most functions had to be done through virtual platforms as work and other forms of activity moved from physical to remote. This was buttressed by the former CEO of MTN Nigeria, Ferdi Moolman who ...

Nigeria’s telecommunications sector ended the year 2018 with 172 million subscribers, with teledensity rising to 123.4 per cent from 105 per cent in January 2018. Telephone density or teledensity is the number of telephone connections for every hundred individuals living within an area. It varies widely across the nations and also between urban and rural areas within a country. Subscribers’ statistics released yesterday by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) showed that service providers including MTN, Globacom, Airtel, 9Mobile, among others got 25.5 million new subscribers in the course of the year. In the same vein, broadband penetration in Nigeria rose from 30.9 per cent in November to 31.5 per cent as at December 31. Broadband is wide bandwidth data transmission, whic...

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Nigeria’s data usage hits 205,880 terabytes representing 202% rise in 3 years

Nigeria ends 2018 with 172m subscribers, 31.5% broadband penetration