Glo’s Internet subscribers hit 2.8m.

  
 Nigeria’s indigenous telecoms operator, Globacom, has increased its mobile Internet subscriptions to 21.8 million, according to a report from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). In the study, Globacom is reconfirmed as attracting highest Internet users just a few weeks after a similar report by the industry regulator rated Globacom as having acquired more new data subscribers to its network.
Globacom gained the highest number of Internet subscribers in September 2015, with over one million new users on its network.
The addition increased Globacom’s Internet subscribers from 20,765,379 in August to 21,896, 229 data users in September, showing a difference of 1,130,850.
The figure is a marked improvement over the cumulative figure of MTN, Airtel and Etisalat, which had a combined total of 716,450 new Internet subscribers in September 2015.
Globacom has now consolidated its lead in new subscriber acquisition as indicated in the regulator’s website, which showed the latest Internet subscription of the four major service providers in the final quarter of 2015.
In a breakdown of the figures, only Globacom recorded an increase in its Internet subscriber base in the last quarter of 2015.
The network had 23,285,454 Internet users in October, 24,952,559 in November and 25,082,066 in December, which is an addition of 3.2 million new Internet subscribers in the quarter, says telecoms industry report. MTN, Airtel and Etisalat shed Internet uses during the period.
At the end of December, MTN had 39,924,737 dropping from a total of 41,835,294 Internet subscribers at the beginning of October 2015, a loss of almost 2 million customers.
Airtel also lost about 900,000 Internet subscribers, dropping from 17,730,955 Internet customers at the beginning of the quarter to 16,835,952 in December.
Etisalat was worst hit by the trend with a loss of 408,282 Internet customers, having begun the quarter with 15,598,070 data and ended it with 15,189,788