Only 2.8% of subscribers are post-paid users as data consumption soars

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Guardianng Sept. 9, 2021 4:14 a.m.

Only 2.8% of subscribers are post-paid users as data consumption soars

Dongle usage on the networks, NCC explained that this is subscription to mobile broadband services, which allow access to the open Internet via hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) and do not include voices services, such as subscriptions that offer mobile broadband as a standalone service like mobile broadband subscriptions for data-cards, USB modem/dongle and tablets.

• NCC calls for stakeholders’ input on three new telecoms regulationsTotal prepaid mobile voice subscriptions increased from 179, 249, 965 in December 2019 to 199, 043, 508 in December 2020, indicating an increase of 11.04 per cent in the period.

The data revealed that 29 per cent of the active subscription is in the Southwest zone, while the Northwest has 19 per cent of the active voice subscription, the Northeast has the least percentage of active voice subscription of 10 per cent.

The Northwest and Southwest zones recorded the highest number of subscriptions in the zones for telephone services, while the North-East zone recorded the least number of subscriptions due to insecurity in the zone that hampered investment.

The 2020 Subscriber/Network Data report from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), which contained the statistics, explained that it means about 97.1 per cent of mobile subscribers are prepaid users while only about 2.8 per cent are postpaid subscribers in the country.

Similarly, postpaid mobile voice subscriptions increased from 5,208,832 in December 2019 to 5,450,774 as of December 2020, indicating an increase of 4.64 per cent growth within the period under review..

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