A total of 48.3 million telephone subscribers actively
browse the Internet on their mobile phones, investigations have shown.
Statistics obtained from the Nigerian Communications Commission on Friday
showed that Internet subscriptions through the telecommunications operators
increased by 26.44 percent between May 31 and June 30, 2013. Active Internet
subscription as ofthe end of June, but it was, however, 16.29 per cent less
than the total Internet mobile subscriptions. At the end of June, a total of
57.7 million telephone subscribers had Internet subscription, although only
48.3 million were active subscribers. This means that a total of 9.4 million
Internet subscriptions were inactive. At the end of May, the active mobile
Internet subscription stood at 38.2 million. This means that within a period of
one month (between May and June), 10.1 million active subscribers started using
the Internet on their phones, a difference of 26.44 per cent. The total
subscription at the end of May, however, stood at 44.69 million. This
translates to an inactive population of 6.49 million subscribers or a ratio of
14.52 per cent. With an active subscription of 24.5 million, MTN Nigeria
Communications Limited had the largest mobile Internet subscription rate at the
end of June. This means that 50.72 per cent of all mobile Internet subscribers
as of June 30 were hooked to the MTN network. [Punch]
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