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Glo Now Second Largest Operator - NCC(AllAfrica Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Globacom, has reclaimed the position of the second largest mobile service provider that it lost to Airtel a few months ago. Glo achieved the feat by recording 2.8 million new subscribers between February and June this year, the largest by any operator in the country within the period. According to figures just published by industry regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), on its website, Glo had 27,327,646 subscribers on its network at the end of June, 2014. The figure translates to 21 percent of the Nigerian telecoms market, and places Glo second to MTN, which has 56,516,759. Airtel briefly occupied the second position early this year but has fallen to the third place with 25,302,160 subscribers and 20 percent of market share. Etisalat retained the fourth position with 19,390,285 customers, which represents 15 percent share of the market. Instructively, while Glo and Etisalat made gains between the last time NCC released subscriber figures in February, and now, MTN and Airtel recorded losses. The figures for the operators as at the end of February were 57,183,745 for MTN, 26,194,336 for Airtel, 24,490,650 for Glo and 18,119,397 for Etisalat. In effect, between end of February and June end, Glo added 2,836,996 new subscribers to its network, while Etisalat recorded 1,270,888 new customers. On the other hand, MTN lost 666,986 subscribers, while Airtel also lost 892,176 customers, the highest loss within the period. Glo also retained its position as the network with the second largest Internet subscription in the country with 14.3 million active subscriptions. MTN is in the first place with 34m, while Airtel and Etislat have 12m and 6.8m active internet subscriptions respectively. Copyright Daily Independent. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). |