Telco Performance in Nigeria -Year 2020
- MTN had the highest number of subscribers from January to December.
- In July, Airtel overtook Globacom as Number 2 in the market.
11 Years of Subscriber Performance
- In 2017, there was a decrease in the total number of subscribers over a ten-year period
- Despite the effect of lockdown in 2020, there was a year-on-year growth from 2019-20.
Growth Rate – Year on Year
- In April, July and September, there was a reduction in growth rate compared to the previous respective months. However, in November and December, there was -0.02% and -1.59% respectively.
- The MTN fine was imposed in December 2015. MTN paid this fine in tranches. The fine appeared to have some impact on subscriber growth as seen above.
- In 2017, there was a decrease in the total number of subscribers over a ten-year period.
Read: The Nigerian Telecommunications Industry – 1 year to the Score
Internet Subscription
- NCC announced a suspension of SIM sales in December for audit of Subscriber Registration Database.
Porting Activities in 2020
- Porting is when a customer of a Telco leaves to another market player while retaining his/her mobile number.
- Porting was introduced in the Nigerian Telco industry in 2013.
- Lockdown and NCC’s suspension of SIM sales/registration had an effect on porting activities in April and December respectively.
Porting Ratio for Network Operators
- There are more customers porting out of Glo than there are porting to the network. 9 Mobile (formerly Etisalat Nigeria) has the best porting ratio where for every 1 customer that comes into the network, a third leaves.
