Nigeria’s Internet Users Grow To 83.4 Million, Says Country’s Telecoms Regulator

According to the latest figures from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the number of internet users in Nigeria increased to 83.4 million in February 2015.

According to the NCC there was an increase of 1.32 million internet users on the GSM and CDMA networks in February 2015. Of the total, 83.21 million were on GSM networks, while 153,434 users were on the CDMA networks.

Among the GSM operators, MTN Nigeria had 39.28 million customers browsing the internet on its network, and MTN had an increase of 104,896 internet subscribers in February 2015 to a total 39.28 million users.

Globacom had 18.18 million subscribers surfing the net with its network in February, up from 17.67 million in January, and Airtel Nigeria increased its base to 15.89 million internet users against 14.97 million customers recorded in January.

For Etisalat, it had 9.85 million customers browsing the internet in February 2015, up from 10.08 million users in January.