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 6.18 million Global System for Mobile Communications subscribers joined the national network between January and April this year, according a new industry statistic from the Nigerian Communications Commission.

Also, the number of active telephone connections per 100 inhabitants within all areas in Nigeria increased to 105.65 per cent (201.67 million subscriptions) in April. The NCC’s industry statistics revealed that the number of active GSM subscribers increased from 195.13 million in December 2021 to 201.31 million in April 2022.

This is the first time the number of recorded subscribers in the nation is crossing 200 million since December 2020 when they were 204.15 million GSM subscribers in the nation.

This follows the growth in the GSM subscriber base of the nation that began in June 2021 after the SIM-NIN verification exercise led to the loss of subscribers from December 2020 to May 2021.

According to data, MTN Nigeria has a subscriber base of 76.19 million subscribers, followed by Airtel with 56.24 million subscribers, Airtel with 56.14 million subscribers, and 9mobile with 12.74 million subscribers.