The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday said active telecom voice subscribers hit 224,713,710 in the 4th quarters 2023 from 222,571,568 in 4th qtr of 2022.
This, according to NBS, signifies an increase of 0.96%.
NBS, however, noted that on quarter-on-quarter basis, the subscribers rose by 1.33%.
NBS also credited MTN as the telecommunication service providers with highest share of subscriptions in Q4 2023.
This was contained in its data tagged: “Telecoms Data: Active Voice and Internet per State, Porting and Tariff Information (Q4 2023).”
The document stated: “The total number of active voice subscribers was 224,713,710 in Q4 2023 from 222,571,568 recorded in the corresponding quarter of 2022, indicating a growth rate of 0.96%. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, this rose by 1.32%.”
According to the report, also, in Q4 2023, the total number of active internet subscribers stood at 163,838,439 from 154,847,901 reported in Q4 2022, showing an increase of 5.81%.
It added that on a quarter-on-quarter basis, this grew by 2.29%.
On state profile analysis, NBS said Lagos had the highest number of active voice subscribers in Q4 2023 with 26, 739,346, followed by Ogun with 13,070,779 and Kano with 12,325,633.
On the other hand, Bayelsa still recorded the least with 1,557,786, followed by Zamfara and Gombe with 2,772,424 and 2,785,030 respectively.
The document said similarly, Lagos state had the highest number of active internet subscribers in Q4 2023 with 18,927,446, followed by Ogun with 9,570,463 and Kano with 9,031,581.
The bureau noted Bayelsa recorded the least active internet subscriber with 1,193,525, followed by Zamfara and Gombe with 1,959,252 and 2,100,073 respectively.
