Nigerian internet users rise to 98.3 mln in December

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says internet users increased marginally to 98.3 million in December 2017 from 94.8 million in November. Airtel, MTN and Glo gained more internet subscribers during the month while 9mobile was the big loser.

The data breakdown revealed that MTN gained the most with 2.64 million to 36.07 million internet users, from 33.43 million in November 2017. It showed that 9mobile lost 68,341 internet users in December to 11.34 million against 11.41 million in November. 

Airtel gained the most with 911,040 new internet users in December, to 23.98 million from 23.07 million users in November 2017. According to the date, Globacom gained 87,538 new users in December 2017 as the figure recorded was 26.99 million as against 26.91 million in November 2017.