Mobile service provider, Globacom, has grown its subscriber base by about 400,000 from 39,042,979 in March to 39,523,811 in April, 2018
This was contained in the latest sector report published on the website of the telecom industry regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
The figures showed that the network has been growing steadily since January this year, rising from 38,169,780 at the end of December, 2017, to 38,228,018 in January, 38,423,184 in February to 39,042,979 in March and 39,523,811 in April.
Subsequently, Glo has added 1.36 million more subscribers to its network in 4 months.
Also, the operator in the last one year has grown its subscriber base by 2.25 million, as the customer base rose from 37,270,100 in April, 2017, to 39,523,811 in April, 2018.
Globacom’s success, industry watchers believe, was as a result of its attractive and user-friendly packages which make its services the most accessible and most affordable.
Other figures released by NCC show that connected telephone lines in the country reduced marginally from 242.6 million in March to 242.53 million in April. These include GSM, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Fixed Wired/Wireless and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). However, GSM lines remained dominant with 238.1 million connections in March and 238.03 million in April.
However, total active telephone lines in the country rose from 148.6 million in March to 160.1 million lines at the end of April.