Active voice subscribers grew by 4.59% in Q3 2020 – NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said active voice subscribers grew by 4.59 per cent in third quarter (Q3) of 2020.

The report released by NBS on Sunday stated that Telecoms data for second quarter (Q2) and Q3 2020 reflected that a total of 196,242,456 and 205,252,058 subscribers were active on voice as against 189,282,796 in Q1 2020.

“This represented a 4.59per cent increase in voice subscriptions QoQ,” the report by NBS explained.

According to the report, a total of 143,636,816 and 151,512,122 subscribers were active on the internet as against 136,203,231 in Q1 2020.

The report explained that, “This represented a 5.48pe cent growth in internet subscriptions QoQ. Lagos State has the highest number of subscribers in terms of active voice per State in Q3 2020 and is closely followed by Kano and Ogun States respectively while Bayelsa and Ekiti States have the least number of subscribers.

“Similarly, Lagos State has the highest number of subscribers in terms of active internet per State in Q3 2020 and is closely followed by Kano and Ogun States respectively while Bayelsa and Ebonyi States have the least number of subscribers.

“MTN has the highest share of subscriptions. This is closely followed by Glo , Airtel, and EMTS respectively.”