A total of 92,181,978 GSM subscribers use Internet through mobile telecommunications networks, the National Bureau of Statistics has said.
The NBS stated this in its second quarter sector report which was made available to our correspondent in Abuja on Tuesday.
The report said, “Of all GSM users, a total of 92,181,978 had an Internet subscription with one of the four carriers of Airtel, Etisalat, Globacom and MTN in June 2016.
“This means that all of the active GSM lines, 61.79 per cent had an Internet subscription. Throughout most of 2014 and 2015, this proportion had been increasing. However in the first two quarters of 2016, it had declined; from 65.26 per cent in December 2015 to 62.61 per cent in March 2016, and further to 61.79% in June 2016. This proportion is also lower than in June 2015, when it was 63.28 per cent. This was the first month or quarter to record a fall in this proportion relative to the previous year.”
The report also delved into other areas of the telecommunications industry.
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