The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has announced that the number of active lines in Nigeria has exceeded 140 million and is now 140.82 million. The commission also announced that the country’s teledensity, also known as telephone penetration, has exceeded 100 percent.
This is contained in the Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC) latest Monthly Subscriber Data. According to the data, the country’s teledensity stands at 100.59 per cent, as at the end of Jan. 2015, as the active lines/phone numbers on the telecommunications operators’ networks reach 140.82million
From Dec. 2001 to 2006, teledensity was based on connected subscribers. But teledensity from Dec. 2007 has been based on active subscriptions on mobile networks. The data showed that the industry teledensity stood at 91.40 per cent as at Jan. 2014, hence increased by 9.19 per cent to reach 100.59 per cent by Jan. 2015.
In Feb. 2014, it moved up to 91.40 per cent; 92.14 per cent in March and at the end of April, the figure declined to 90.78 per cent. In May, June and July, the figures moved to 92.42 per cent; 93.70 per cent and 94.84 per cent respectively.
In August and September, telephony penetration increased to 95.20 per cent and 96.08 per cent, it increased to 96.87 per cent in October, 97.60 per cent and 99.32 in Dec. 2014.