Agbo Dennis
Airtel, Glo, MTN and 9mobile lose 3.55 million data Subscribers in a Month of March 2021. According to data received by the Nigerian Communications Commission(NCC).
The total number of data subscribers of the four major telecommunication outfits dropped from 148,133,233 at end of February 2021 to 144,581,026 at the end of March 2021.
The decline in the number of telco subscribers could be the assign of the recent suspension of SIM card sales and registration, as Nigerians struggle with the stress of registering for and obtaining their national identification numbers.
MTN
Between February 2021 and March 2021, MTN Nigeria lost a total of 1.27 million data subscribers. At the end of March 2021, MTN had 61.57 million data subscribers, down from 62.84 million data subscribers in February 2021.
The telecommunications giant lost 4.67 million users between December 2020 and February 2021. There has been a 5.7 percent drop in mobile subscriptions.
MTN has 77.35 million mobile users at the end of February 2021, accounting for 39.5 percent of the country’s overall customer base.
Airtel
Airtel lost a total of 1.17 million data customers during the period of February 2021 and March 2021. The number of data subscribers fell from 38,956,026 to 37,778,569.
Airtel had a total mobile subscriber tally of 57.23 million as at November 2020, which had dropped to 51.43 million at the end of February 2021.
