Telecom users in Nigeria spent N3.33 trillion on phone calls, data, SMS and other services in 2022, the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), revealed in its newly released ‘2022 Subscriber/Network Data Annual Report.
According the report, the total number of active subscribers increased from 195,463,898 subscriptions in 2021 to 222,571,568 active voice subscriptions as of December 2022, a 13.86 percent year-on-year increase.
The Commission attributed the increase in operators’ subscriber base to a number of reasons which included subscriber loyalty, promos, seasonal effects, an aggressive consumer acquisition drive, and competitive product offerings across all the networks.”
It stated that the growth in active subscriptions, impacted positively on other derived telecom indicators such as teledensity, Internet penetration as well as broadband penetration.
It also noted that data usage also continued its surge in 2022, as it increased by 46.77 percent to 518,381.78TB at the end of the year 2022..
“There was an increase in the volume of data consumed at year-end December 2022 when compared with year-end December 2021.
“The total volume of data consumed by subscribers increased to 518,381.78TB as of December 2022 from 353,118.89TB as of December 2021. This represents an increase of 46.77 percent in data consumption during the period”, the NCC reported.