Nigeria’s fourth cell community operator, 9mobile, has continued to expertise a decline in its subscriber base, with 6079 prospects porting out of its community in two months.
This porting loss for 9mobile occurred within the months of November and December 2024.
The Nigerian Communications Fee, NCC, made this identified in its Incoming and Outgoing Porting Actions of Cellular Networks Operators Report on its web site.
In accordance with the NCC’s report, out of a complete of 2998 subscribers which moved from one community to a different in December 2024, 2188 subscribers left 9mobile to different networks within the interval.
The report acknowledged that in November 2024, out of 4726 subscribers that switched from one community to a different, 9mobile misplaced 3891 subscribers to different networks.
“This introduced the full variety of subscribers misplaced by 9mobile in two months to 6079.
“Different operators recorded insignificant outgoing porting numbers in comparison with 9mobile.
“In December 2024, MTN misplaced 236 prospects, Airtel recorded 269 outgoing porting, Globacom recorded 305, whereas 9mobile misplaced 2188.
“By way of incoming porting in the identical interval (December 2024), MTN gained essentially the most prospects from different operators, with 1856 subscribers becoming a member of its community.
“Airtel recorded 835 incoming porting, whereas Globacom gained 290 prospects.
“In distinction, 9mobile recorded a mere 17 incoming porting in December 2024,” the report acknowledged.
It famous that in November 2024, 4726 subscribers ported from one community to a different.
The NCC report additionally confirmed that for outgoing porting actions for November 2024, 9mobile was the most important loser, as 3891 subscribers ported out of the community.
In accordance with it, different operators misplaced just a few subscribers, MTN parted with 166 prospects, Airtel recorded 362 outgoing porting actions whereas Globacom misplaced 307 subscribers.
For incoming porting actions in November 2024, the report confirmed that MTN gained essentially the most, including 3019 subscribers to its community, Airtel recorded 1266 incoming porting, and Globacom gained 414 prospects.
It famous that in distinction to the others, 9mobile gained simply 27 subscribers.
The report indicated that there have been extra incoming and outgoing porting actions in November 2024 than December 2024
A complete of 2998 actions had been recorded in December, whereas November had 4726 porting actions, it stated.
The report additionally revealed a lower of 1728 in cell quantity portability actions in December 2024, when in comparison with November 2024.
“On market share, the Nigerian telecommunications sector witnessed a big shift in market dynamics, with 9mobile’s market share declining to as little as 1.9 per cent in December 2024, in response to latest knowledge launched by the NCC.
“This decline is a far cry from 9mobile’s erstwhile dominance, when it boasted 23.4 million subscribers and a 15.7 per cent market share in 2015.
“The corporate’s stagnant subscriber base, which has remained unchanged at 3.2 million for 2 consecutive months, additional accentuated this decline.
“In distinction, the nation’s different main telecommunications operators have skilled notable progress,” the NCC report acknowledged.
It stated that MTN Nigeria had solidified its place, rising its market share to 51 per cent with 84.6 million subscribers in December, up from 81.2 million in November.
It added that Airtel additionally demonstrated resilience, increasing its subscriber base to 56.6 million in December, up from 55.4 million within the previous month.
It confirmed that Globacom, which confronted a decline in subscribers earlier in 2024 attributable to a regulatory audit, had proven indicators of restoration, rising its subscriber base from 19.6 million to twenty.1 million by the tip of yr 2024.
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