According to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the number of mobile internet users on the Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) in January shows a really strong increases.
Its mobile internet subscribers rose from 76,324,632 in December 2014 to 81,892,840 in January 2015, gaining 5,570,038 new users in January alone.
MTN Nigeria takes the lead with 39,173,123 subscribers, followed by Globacom at 17,671,405 subscribers, Airtel at 14,969,924 and Etisalat at 10,078,388 subscribers.
Overall, the industry has experienced growth in terms of mobile internet subscribers over the past year but according to data from the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) segment of the industry, Multi-Links and Visafone had a joint total of 153,798 internet users on their networks in January, down from 154,324 in the last quarter of last year.
