TELEPHONE USER FIGURE HITS 222.5 MILLION —–NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday in Abuja released its Telecoms Data: Active Voice and Internet per state, Porting and Tariff Information report for the last quarter of 2022.
According to the executive summary, the total number of active voice subscribers in Q4 2022 was 222,571,568 from the 195,463,898 reported in Q4 2021, indicating a growth rate of 13.87%. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, this grew by 4.89%.
Also, in Q4 2022, the total number of active internet subscribers stood at 154,847,901 from 141,971,560 reported in Q4 2021, showing an increase of 9.07%. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, this grew by 1.35%.
On state profile analysis, Lagos state had the highest number of active voice subscribers in Q4 2022 with 26,460,867, followed by Ogun with 12,994,352 and Kano with 12,373,201 while Bayelsa recorded the least with 1,571,692, followed by Ebonyi and Ekiti with 1,920,996 and 2,001,846 respectively.
Also Lagos state had the highest number of active internet subscribers in Q4 2022 with 18,702,394, followed by Ogun with 9,206,614 and Kano with 8,470,131 while Bayelsa recorded the least with 1,101,002, followed by Ebonyi and Ekiti with 1,264,825 and 1,474,970 respectively.
The report also showed that MTN had the highest share of subscriptions in Q4 2022.
