MTN Nigeria solidified its place within the Nigerian telecom market because it crossed 90 million lively subscriptions mark in March 2025.
That is in line with the newest trade statistics launched by the Nigerian Communications Fee (NCC), which reveals that complete lively cellular subscriptions throughout the 4 cellular networks elevated to 172.4 million in March.
The info reveals that the cellular community operators are step by step recovering after final yr’s NIN-SIM audit that worn out over 60 million subscriptions from their database.
Market share
Of the whole cellular subscriptions, MTN accounted for 52.48% of the market share with 90.4 million lively connections.
- Airtel Nigeria, the second largest operator, retained its place with 33.78% of the market share. Airtel’s complete lively subscriptions as of March stood at 58.2 million in line with the NCC’s knowledge.
- Globacom, the distant third participant, ended March with 20.7 million lively subscriptions and accounted for 12.01% of the market share.
- 9mobile remained within the abyss with 2.8 million subscriptions. The telecom operator that has witnessed a constant decline in clients now accounts for only one.72% of the telecom market share.
Whereas different operators recorded a rise of their lively subscriptions between February and March, 9mobile’s determine remained static, a sign that there was no new activation or exit from the community in a single month.
Whereas persistently poor service has seen thousands and thousands of consumers depart 9mobile, the soundness recorded between February and March is attributable to clients’ lack of ability to port out of the community within the interval.
The various troubles of 9mobile
The incessant complaints by the subscribers over deteriorating service high quality and their lack of ability to port from the community to a different community had led to widespread rumors that 9mobile was shutting down in March.
In response to that, 9mobile, in an announcement launched by its administration, admitted that its subscribers had been going through difficulties in porting however denied setting up any restriction.
“9mobile categorically refutes the false and deceptive rumours suggesting an alleged shutdown of our operations in Nigeria.
“These claims are fully baseless and aimed toward inflicting pointless panic amongst our valued subscribers.
We perceive that some clients have just lately confronted challenges, significantly with Cell Quantity Portability (MNP), a service that permits seamless community switching.
“We need to make clear that 9mobile has by no means restricted clients from porting to different networks,” the corporate acknowledged.
9mobile blames technical concern
Whereas insisting that it stays totally compliant with trade rules and is dedicated to delivering truthful, clear, and customer-focused providers, 9mobile stated the problems being confronted by its clients had been a results of “momentary technical challenges.”
“These points have now been largely resolved. Some minor delays should happen as a result of ongoing system optimizations, however we’re actively working to make sure a smoother expertise for all customers,” it added.
- The corporate stated it stays resilient and steadfast in its dedication to overcoming challenges as a proudly Nigerian model.
- 9mobile additionally acknowledged the service disruptions being skilled by a few of its clients throughout completely different places within the nation, including that “these disruptions are a part of a broader transformation effort aimed toward modernizing our infrastructure and enhancing general service high quality.
It additional acknowledged that its ongoing investments in community upgrades and repair growth would quickly yield vital enhancements, making certain dependable connectivity for people, companies, and communities.
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