Data consumption in Nigeria hits 721,522 terabytes January 2024 – NCC

Information obtained on Tuesday from the regulator’s website confirmed that this file surpassed December 2023, which stood at 713,200 terabytes.

Lively Web subscriptions totalled 161,977,883, reflecting a considerable improvement from the 156,244,368 subscriptions recorded in January of the previous 12 months.

 The variety of Web subscriptions is made up of entirely different service suppliers; they embody telcos (cell), Web Service Suppliers (ISPs), Voice over Web Protocol (VoIP), and Mounted.

Cell subscriptions accounted for 161,504,390, with Web service suppliers—wired or wi-fi—recording 213,876 subscriptions, fastened wire connections totalling 21,437, and Voice over Web Protocol (VoIP) reaching 238,180.

In keeping with the NCC, January 2024 saw a decline of 1.9 million Web customers compared to December 2023, dropping from 163.8 million to 161.9 million.

Nonetheless, Web penetration remained strong at 42.53 per cent, with broadband subscriptions totalling 92,195,937 million.

The information presents that 2G connections stay predominant. However, the proportion of 4G subscriptions has been steadily rising.

4G subscriptions elevated from 31.33 per cent in December 2023 to 31.75 per cent, indicating a rising desire for high-speed connectivity.

5G subscriptions accounted for 1.11 percent of all connections in Nigeria in January 2024, up from 1.04 percent in December 2023.

The Worldwide Telecommunications Union, a specialised company of the United Nations, just recently revealed that Africa maintains the lowest 5G protection rate globally, at only 6 % as of December 2023.

This disparity is attributed partly to the continued significance of older cell applied sciences, notably 2G and 3G networks, throughout the continent.

The ITU report highlighted the persistence of 2G and 3G networks in many international locations in Africa, contrasting with their phase-out in developed nations.

These legacy applied sciences stay integral to the telecommunications panorama in African nations, notably those with lower-income economies.

In its report, the ITU underscored the continued predominance of 2G and 3G networks in international locations like Nigeria.

These applied sciences supply a cheap technique for delivering necessary cell providers, similar to voice calls and textual content messages, notably in areas missing entry to 4G and 5G networks.