The question I keep asking is where are all these
subscribers going to? Are they switching to a feature phone that doesn’t use
internet or what? March subscribers data as released by NCC reveals that Telcos
lost 1.66 million subscribers generally and the newly released subscribers data
shows that Telcos lost 5.6 million subscribers in April.
subscribers going to? Are they switching to a feature phone that doesn’t use
internet or what? March subscribers data as released by NCC reveals that Telcos
lost 1.66 million subscribers generally and the newly released subscribers data
shows that Telcos lost 5.6 million subscribers in April.
This means in exactly 30days, Telcos lost 5.6 million
subscribers… this is not normal. According to the data, active mobile voice
subscriptions in Nigeria crashed from 154.4 million in March to 149.2 million
at the end of April this year.
subscribers… this is not normal. According to the data, active mobile voice
subscriptions in Nigeria crashed from 154.4 million in March to 149.2 million
at the end of April this year.
GSM companies, including MTN, Globacom, Airtel and Etisalat,
were responsible for the decline.
were responsible for the decline.
Analysis shows that
across all the four categories of subscribers, such as GSM, the code division
multiple access (CDMA) and fixed wired/wireless operators, as well as Voice
Over Internet protocol (VoIP), only GSM segment was responsible for the crash
in the subscriber base.
across all the four categories of subscribers, such as GSM, the code division
multiple access (CDMA) and fixed wired/wireless operators, as well as Voice
Over Internet protocol (VoIP), only GSM segment was responsible for the crash
in the subscriber base.
The GSM operators’ active customers decreased by 3.2 million
on the 151.9 million subscribers recorded in March.
on the 151.9 million subscribers recorded in March.
MTN had 58.1 million users in April, lost 2.2 million
subscribers; Glo had 37.2 million customers, lost 58,727 subscribers; Airtel
had 34.3 million subscribers, lost 319,803; and Etisalat had 19 million
customers, lost 576,120 subscribers.
subscribers; Glo had 37.2 million customers, lost 58,727 subscribers; Airtel
had 34.3 million subscribers, lost 319,803; and Etisalat had 19 million
customers, lost 576,120 subscribers.
The CDMA operators had 217,566 (Visafone had 213,106
customers, while Multi- Links had 4,460) users in April, which was same with
the result for March.
customers, while Multi- Links had 4,460) users in April, which was same with
the result for March.
The only thing that increase was landline users using Visafone
and Multi link with 1,304 users. And 21st Century network had 102,304
customers in April, recording an increase of 1,559 users on its March record of
100,745.
and Multi link with 1,304 users. And 21st Century network had 102,304
customers in April, recording an increase of 1,559 users on its March record of
100,745.
The question still remains, where did 5.6 Million
subscribers go to? Did they stop using internet or they simply stopped
subscribing?
subscribers go to? Did they stop using internet or they simply stopped
subscribing?
I think the current recession contributed immensely to this lost of subscribers.
Recession is the cause. So many people has sold their phones. Some dumped it because they can't recharge anymore.
I think many stopped subscribing. Recession coupled with data price increase
Reccesion Has Forced Them To Abadone Their Smartphones For Basic Phones.
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This recession is real no joke people are suffering big tome
Nigerians Raise Over 8 Million Naira For Slain Hero Cop
This shows how our government have failed us, people dumbing and selling their phones
recession is the main problem
if they confirm how many smartphone is sold within that month they will know is just simply recession
LOL
They're flying out of the country