Emma OKonji
The variety of lively subscribers for knowledge (web) providers on every of the licensed service suppliers utilising the completely different applied sciences such as GSM, Fixed Wired/Wireless and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), reached 158,520,893 as at August 2026, numbers launched by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has reveaaled.
The knowledge confirmed that the variety of web subscribers utilising the cellular GSM know-how through cellphones and units for connectivity, reached 158,066,217 as at August 2026.
This is a sign that extra web subscribers entry the web through their cellphones and different SIM-enabled units, whereas these on the MTN community had been main with 84,557,845 web subscribers as at August 2026.
The statistics on lively web subscribers, which is the most recent within the telecoms business, was launched lately on the web site of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the telecoms business regulator.
From the statistics, the variety of subscribers that had been linked to the web through Mobile (GSM) know-how as at March 2026, was 153,151,418, whereas the variety of subscribers that had been linked to the web through Fixed Wired/Wireless know-how was 450,787, and the variety of subscribers that had been linked to the web through VoIP know-how, was 218,351, which introduced the whole variety of web subscribers to 153,820,556 as at March 2026.
The variety of subscribers that had been linked to the web through Mobile (GSM) know-how as at April 2026, was 154,347,260, whereas the variety of subscribers that had been linked to the web through Fixed Wired/Wireless know-how was 156,662, and the variety of subscribers that had been linked to the web through VoIP know-how, was 220,166, which introduced the whole variety of web subscribers to 154,724,088 as at April 2026.
The variety of subscribers that had been linked to the web through Mobile (GSM) know-how as at May 2026, was 157,021,888, whereas the variety of subscribers that had been linked to the web through Fixed Wired/Wireless know-how was 157,925, and the variety of subscribers that had been linked to the web through VoIP know-how, was 225,538, which introduced the whole variety of web subscribers to 157,405,351 as at May 2026.
The variety of subscribers that had been linked to the web through Mobile (GSM) know-how as at June 2026, was 156,447,414, whereas the variety of subscribers that had been linked to the web through Fixed Wired/Wireless know-how was 180,966, and the variety of subscribers that had been linked to the web through VoIP know-how, was 230,169, which introduced the whole variety of web subscribers to 156,858,549 as at June 2026.
The variety of subscribers that had been linked to the web through Mobile (GSM) know-how as at July 2026, was 157,271,801, whereas the variety of subscribers that had been linked to the web through Fixed Wired/Wireless know-how was 204,082, and the variety of subscribers that had been linked to the web through VoIP know-how, was 230,613, which introduced the whole variety of web subscribers to 157,706,496 as at July 2026.
The variety of subscribers that had been linked to the web through Mobile (GSM) know-how as at August 2026, was 158,066,217, whereas the variety of subscribers that had been linked to the web through Fixed Wired/Wireless know-how was 227,910, and the variety of subscribers that had been linked to the web through VoIP know-how, was 226,766, which introduced the whole variety of web subscribers to 158,520,893 as at August 2026.
The statistics nonetheless confirmed that MTN, which is the biggest telecoms community in Nigeria by subscription, was main the variety of linked web subscribers through the Mobile GSM know-how, with 84,557,845 as at August 2026, adopted by Airtel with 56,937,788, whereas Globacom recorded 15,760,574 subscribers on its community that had been linked to the web as at August 2026. T2, the fourth entrant into the GSM area, recorded 810,010 subscribers on its community that had been linked to the web as at August 2026, which introduced the whole variety of lively web subscribers through the Mobile GSM know-how, to 158,066,217 as at August 2026.
