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Nigeria Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Statistics and Analyses 2018 - ResearchAndMarkets.com
[October 03, 2018]

Nigeria Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Statistics and Analyses 2018 - ResearchAndMarkets.com


The "Nigeria - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

This report provides a comprehensive overview of trends and developments in Nigeria's telecommunications market. The report analyses the mobile, internet, broadband, digital TV and converging media sectors.

Nigeria has one of the largest telecom markets in Africa, supported by the second largest economy on the continent after South Africa. During 2016 the economy went into recession, though GDP growth returned in 2017. Given the potential for further growth, the telecom sector attracts considerable foreign investment. Market liberalisation measures in recent years have led to hundreds of companies, many of them small and localised, being set up to provide a range of telecom and value-added services.

The mobile sector has benefited from market competition and the wider deployment of LTE technologies, which have in turn supported operator revenue growth and encouraged the adoption of mobile broadband among subscribers. Other than the key mobile network operators, there are a number of additional players operating under a unified licensing regime.

The regulator has licensed four regional infrastructure companies (InfraCos) to build a national broadband network and offer capacity to all service providers on a non-discriminatory, open-access and price-regulated basis. An additional three InfraCo licenses are expected to be awarded by mid-2018.

The competitive fixed-line market includes a second national operator (Globacom) and over 80 other licensed companies. The alternative carriers combined provide around 85% of all fixed connections, though in general terms about 80% of all connections re wireless.



Nigeria's broadband sector has seen considerable consolidation among players, from over 400 ISPs in 2012 to fewer than 90 by early 2018. Most internet connections are via mobile networks, principally GSM and 3G and more recently LTE, though there are a number of WiMAX (News - Alert) operators which have found niche markets. The government has continued with its plan to increase broadband penetration to 30% by 2018 and to increase mobile broadband penetration to 50% by 2020. To this end the regulator is looking to auction additional spectrum in the 700MHz and 2.3GHz bands.

The country has Africa's largest mobile market, with about 142 million subscribers and a penetration rate of 101%. The number of subscribers fell in 2017 as consumers responded to a poor economic climate, adopted other OTT channels for voice and data services, and as regulatory measures continued to oblige operators to disconnect unregistered SIM cards.


Key Developments:

  • Regulator licences two more InfraCos
  • Government pledges to deploy 18,000km of fibre to extend broadband to rural areas
  • MTN (News - Alert) Nigeria secures licence for spectrum in the 2.6GHz band
  • State oil company NNPC allows part of its fibre infrastructure to be used for telecom services
  • Regulator hopes for the telecoms sector to account for a greater share of GDP by 2025
  • Government devising strategy to increase broadband penetration to 30% by end-2018, increase mobile broadband penetration to 50% by 2020
  • Bidders shortlisted for acquisition of 9Mobile
  • Regulator prepares to revise mobile interconnection rate
  • MTN Nigeria extends licenses for spectrum in the 900MHz and 1800MHz bands to August 2021
  • Report update includes the regulator's market data to December 2017, operator data to Q3 2017, recent market developments

Companies Mentioned

  • 21st Century Technologies
  • 9Mobile (Etisalat NigeriaEMTSMubadala)
  • Backbone Connectivity Network (BCN (News - Alert))
  • Bharti Airtel (formerly ZainCeltel)
  • Communication Trends Nigeria
  • Econet WirelessVodacom
  • Entertainment Highway (HiTV)
  • Fibre Tech West Africa
  • Galaxy Backbone
  • Gateway (News - Alert) Telecoms Integrated Services
  • Globacom
  • Layer3
  • Main One (Mainstreet Technologies)
  • Mobitel NigeriaPrestel (O-Mobile)
  • MTN Nigeria
  • MTS First Wireless
  • MWEB Nigeria
  • Nepskom Communications
  • Netcom Africa
  • NigComSatO3b Networks
  • Nigerian Telecommunications (NitelPentascopeTranscorp)
  • Odu'a Telecom
  • Phase3 Telecom
  • Pinet Informatics
  • Starcomms
  • Startech Connection
  • Suburban Telecom
  • Swift (News - Alert) Networks
  • Traffic Network Services
  • VGC Communications
  • WASACELinkserve

For more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4rvmsv/nigeria_telecoms?w=4


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