The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that telecommunications companies lost a total of 12 million internet subscribers in 2021.Information Guide Nigeria
This was due to the national identification number (NIN) linkage policy.
THE CABLE reports that according to its latest report titled, ‘2021 subscriber/network data annual report’, NCC said a total of nine million active voice subscribers were lost between 2020 and 2021.
This was as a result of the directive to suspend the sales and registration of new SIMs across the country.
NCC had given telecommunications companies a two-week ultimatum to block SIM cards not registered with National Identification Number (NIN) in December 2020.
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According to NCC, subscriber number decreased from 204,601,313 subscribers in 2020 to 195,463,898 active voice subscriptions as at December 2021 “with a loss of 9,137,415 subscriptions”.
NCC report stated, “This represents about 4.46 percent decline in total subscription within the period under consideration.”NYSC Portal
“The decrease in operators’ subscriber base was attributed majorly to the effect of the directive from NCC in December 2020 to all GSM operators to suspend the sale and registration of new SIMS, SIM swaps and all porting activities.
“The objective of the audit exercise was to verify and ensure compliance by mobile network operators with the set quality standards and requirements of SIM card registration as issued by the federal ministry of communications and digital economy and the commission.”
“Nigeria’s teledensity decreased from 107.18 percent as at December 2020 to 102.40 percent by December 31 2021”
“The number of internet subscribers decreased from 154,301,195 subscriptions as at December 2020 to 141,971,560 subscriptions as at December 2021 representing a decline of 8 percent.”JAMB Result
THE CABLE reports that on the level of data usage, the NCC stated: “There was an increase in the volume of data consumed in the year-end December 2021 when compared with the year ended December 2020”.
“The total volume of data consumed by subscribers increased to 353,118.89 terabytes as at December 2021 from 209,917.40TB as at December 2020. This represents an increase of 68.2 percent in data consumption within the period.”
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