Figures released by the Nigerian Communications Commission has indicated that 6.18 million Global System for Mobile Communications subscribers joined the national network in the first quarter of 2022.

The commission’s industry statistics revealed that within five months, there was an increase in the number of active GSM subscribers from 195.13 million in December 2021, to 201.31 in April 2022.

In April only, there was an increase in the number of active telephone connections to 105.65% estimated at 201.67 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants within all areas in Nigeria.

The growth experienced in the GSM subscriber base of the nation in June 2021, following the SIM-NIN verification exercise, led to the loss of subscribers from December 2020 to May 2021.

So far in the records of the NCC, this development is the first in the number of recorded subscriber in the nation having gone above 200 million since December 2020 when 204.15 million GSM subscribers were recorded across the nation.

According to data, MTN Nigeria has the largest number of subscriber base with 76.19 million.

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