MTN, Airtel Expand Market Shares as 9mobile Struggles
By Abiodun Folarin
MTN Nigeria has strengthened its dominance, growing its market share to 51% with 84.6 million subscribers in December, up from 81.2 million in November.
According to the Mobile Network Operators Report on the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) website, Airtel also showed resilience, increasing its subscriber base to 56.6 million in December, compared to 55.4 million the previous month.
It showed that Globacom, which faced a decline in subscribers earlier in 2024 due to a regulatory audit, had shown signs of recovery, growing its subscriber base from 19.6 million to 20.1 million by the end of year 2024.
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s fourth mobile network operator, 9mobile, has continued to experience a decline in its subscriber base, with 6079 customers porting out of its network in two months.
This porting loss for 9mobile occurred in the months of November and December 2024.
