Business Nigeria: Internet Subscriptions Up 31%, 97 Million GSM Lines Now Online

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According to recent data from the National Bureau of Statistics, internet subscription on GSM phones in Nigeria has risen by 31.3% in the last one year.

It added that Nigeria has a total of 97,060,548 in internet subscription with one of the four carriers of Airtel, Etisalat, Globacom and MTN as at September of 2015. There's a total of about 148,427,423 GSM subscribers, meaning 65% of active GSM lines use data.

The data also revealed that Etisalat is the fasted growing network when it comes to internet subscription for GSM users. Internet subscription for Etisalat has risen 167% from about 5.8 million users to about 15.5 million users in September 2015. Total internet subscription for all GSM carriers combined has risen from 73.8 million to 97 million subscribers.
 

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