Telecommunication consumers in Nigeria spent N3.33 trillion on calls, data, SMS, and other telecom services in 2022.
This is according to the newly released ‘2022 Subscriber/Network Data Annual Report of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
The report also showed that telcos made a total of N3.33 trillion in total revenue for the year.
It further showed that the total number of active subscribers increased from 195,463,898 subscriptions in 2021 to 222,571,568 active voice subscriptions as of December 2022, a 13.86 per cent year-on-year increase.
“The increase in the Operators’ subscriber base was attributed to a number of reasons which includes subscriber loyalty, promos, seasonal effects, aggressive consumer acquisition drive, and competitive product offerings across all the networks,” the report indicated.
It noted that the growth in active subscriptions impacted positively on other derived telecom indicators such as teledensity, Internet penetration as well as broadband penetration.
Data usage also continued an upward trend in 2022, increasing by 46.77 per cent to 518,381.78TB as of the end of the year.
“There was an increase in the volume of data consumed at the year-end December 2022 when compared with the year-end December 2021.
“The total volume of data consumed by subscribers increased to 518,381.78TB as of December 2022 from 353,118.89TB as of December 2021. This represents an increase of 46.77 per cent in data consumption within the period,” the report stated.
