Globacom network has continued to rule the internet market as latest figures released by the industry regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission(NCC) revealed that the network has widened the gap between it and the other operators in the country in the area of new data subscriber acquisition.
A scrutiny of the latest figures released by NCC showed that it was only Globacom that 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.
Conversely, MTN, Airtel and Etisalat all lost data subscribers within the period. MTN which had a total of 41,835,294 internet subscribers at the beginning of October 2015 had 39,924,737 data subscribers at the end of December, a loss of almost two million customers.
In the same vein, Airtel which began the quarter with 17,730,955 internet customers ended with 16,835,952, a loss of nearly 900,000 subscribers.
Etisalat on its part lost 408,282 internet customers, having begun the quarter with 15,598,070 data and ended it with 15,189,788.
According to the NCC data, Globacom added 1,130,850 new internet subscribers which were much more than the total number of new internet users who joined the three other major telecom operators, MTN, Airtel and Etisalat.
The three recorded a combined total of 716,450 new internet subscribers in September.
In the latest report just published by NCC which showed the internet subscriptions of the four major service providers for the last quarter of 2015, Globacom has consolidated its position as the leader in new data subscriber acquisition.
The consistent growth in new internet subscriber acquisition by Globacom in the last few months is an indication of its preference by subscribers as a result of its improved internet service delivery.
