By Atoyebi Nike
Active internet subscriptions across mobile, fixed, and VOIP networks in Nigeria fell to 141.1 million in June 2025, representing a 0.3% decline from 141.5 million recorded in May, according to the latest industry statistics from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
The report shows that mobile network operators MTN, Airtel, Globacom, and T2 (formerly 9mobile) continued to dominate the internet market, accounting for 140.6 million subscriptions. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and others shared the remaining 528,633 subscriptions at the end of the month.
Despite the drop in active subscriptions, data consumption remained on an upward trajectory. Nigerians consumed 1.044 million terabytes of data in June, slightly higher than the 1.043 million terabytes recorded in May the highest monthly figure since the NCC began publishing such data in January 2023.
Speaking at a recent media roundtable, Dinesh Balsingh, a telecom industry executive, said operators are witnessing unprecedented growth in data usage, especially in urban areas like Lagos.
“Cities like Lagos are growing at lightning speed more people, more businesses, and more devices are all driving massive bandwidth consumption,” Balsingh said.
In the mobile sector, total active subscriptions also dipped in June, falling to 171.5 million from 172.4 million in May. MTN, still the largest operator, saw its subscriptions drop by one million to 89.2 million. T2 also lost 236,238 lines, reducing its subscriber base to 2.4 million.
Conversely, Airtel gained 36,316 subscriptions to reach 58.9 million, while Globacom recorded the biggest gain of 263,028, bringing its total to 20.8 million.
Market share data shows MTN controlling 52.03% of Nigeria’s mobile market, Airtel holding 34.38%, Globacom at 12.18%, and T2 with just 1.42%.
The decline in active connections also impacted Nigeria’s teledensity the number of active telephone lines per 100 inhabitants—which slipped to 79.22% in June from 79.65% in May.
