THE FUTURE is Mobile: Nigeria internet users increase rapidly to 97 million – NCC

The number of internet users on Nigeria’s telecoms networks has hit 97.21 million, according to figures released by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC.

The telecoms regulatory body made the disclosure in its Monthly Internet Subscriber Data for 2016, obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos, Nigeria.

The data revealed that internet users on both Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) and Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) networks, increased by 97.21 million internet users in September, 97.06 million were on GSM networks, while 151,816 users were on CDMA networks.

**MTN has 41.84 million subscribers browsing the internet on its network.
NCC explained that MTN recorded an increase of 423,448 internet subscribers in September, after recording 41.41 million in August.

According to the data, **Globacom has 21.89 million subscribers surfing the net on its network in September. About 20.77 million surfed the internet on the network in August.

**Airtel had 17.73 million internet users in September as against 17.49 million customers recorded in August.

The data showed that internet users on the Airtel network increased by 235,941 in September.

**NCC also said that Etisalat had 15.59 million customers who browsed the internet in September, against the 15.54 million users in August.

The data showed that those browsing the net on Etisalat’s network rose by 57,061 in the month of September.

The increase in the use of the internet in the month of September showed that more Nigerians were embracing data as the country moves towards achieving 30 per cent broadband penetration by 2018.

Source: (NAN)