Glo leads in new internet subscriber acquisition

• Accounts for 86% of industry growth

Globacom Nigeria dusted other telecoms operators in the country to attain the top position in the new internet subscribers’ category for the month of June.

This is according to Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) statistics released by the industry regulator for the month of June.

The data further shows that a total of 318,008 new internet subscribers were gained in the industry and Globacom alone accounted for 272,674 new internet subscribers out of this figure.

Going by this, Globacom is responsible for about 86 percent of the total internet subscriber acquisitions in the industry in June.

Globacom ended the month of June with a total of 26,628,065 internet subscribers up from 26,355,391 in May. This showed that the operator added a total of 272,674 new subscribers during the month.

This represents a remarkable improvement from the number of subscribers the company gained between April and May. Glo recorded 49,124 new subscribers in April.

Airtel is the closest operator to Globacom with 45,334 new internet subscribers as it made a total of 17,325,423 subscribers in June, up from 17,280,089 recorded in May.

Conversely, Etisalat had a total of 15,253,513 internet subscribers at the end of June, down from the 15,508,024 internet subscribers the operator had in May, effectively losing a total of 254,511 internet subscribers in one month.

MTN Nigeria recorded 32,974,177 subscribers in June, down from the 33,108,786 internet subscribers that the operator had in May. Consequently, MTN lost a total of 134,609 within a month.

Various exciting promotions targeted at subscribers and the consistent improvement in the quality of its services are said to be the main attraction of subscribers to the network.