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Telecommunications companies in Nigeria recorded 189,282,796 voice subscriptions in the first quarter of 2020.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS ) disclosed this in its report titled “Telecoms Data: Active Voice and Internet per State, Porting and Tariff Information,” on Thursday. According to the report, which was on the Bureau’s website, the subscribers were active on voice as against the 184 699,409 in the last quarter of 2019. The report said : “Telecoms data for Q1 2020 reflected that a total of 189,282,796 subscribers were active on voice as against 184,699,409 in Q4 2019 and 173,713,842 in Q1 2019… More details through: https://thenationonlineng.net/telecoms-record-189282796-voice-subscriptions-in-q1/
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MainOne, West Africa’s leading provider of wholesale and enterprise connectivity and data centre, said it had invested a total of $400 million in infrastructure in West Africa as part of its efforts to bridge the digital divide and enable digital economy. The company disclosed this as it celebrates 10 years of operation in the sub-region.
The investments, the company said, had been on submarine cables, terrestrial fiber networks, and Points of Presence (POPs) across the region. “Within this period, we have delivered services to 10 West African countries and has built Tier III data centers in Nigeria, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire hosting the largest institutions and global content in the region, with on-going expansions of its data center footprint in Nigeria and Ghana,” MainOne said in a statement… More details through: https://www.newtelegraphng.com/mainone-we-invested-400m-in-infrastructure-in-10-years/ The total number of internet subscriptions recorded across mobile, fixed wired, and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) as of April 2020, reached 138.7 million.
This is, however, as broadband penetration, which drives internet access and connectivity, dropped from 39.90 percent in March 2020 to 39.58 percent in April 2020, according to the latest statistics released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the telecoms industry regulator. According to the statistics, both broadband and internet penetrations maintained a steady rise in the figure in the past one year, until broadband penetration slides to 39.58 percent in April this year, from 39.90 in March this year… More details through: https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/06/18/internet-penetration-rises-to-138-7-million/ Subscriptions across all telecommunications networks have maintained a steady growth pattern in one year, reaching 190,806,067 in April. This represented a marginal increase by 0.80 percent or 1,523,271 as against the 189,282,796 recorded the previous year.
The latest data, obtained from Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC) website yesterday, shows that in the past one year, there has been a proportionate increase in the number of teledensity, which is measured by the number of active telephone connections per 100 inhabitants living within an area and is expressed as a percentage figure. However, the data revealed a sharp drop in the number inward porting from 16,046 in March 2020, to 7,148 in April… More details through: https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/06/18/telecoms-subscriptions-rise-to-190-8m/ Orange, France’s largest telecom operator, believes it would benefit from having a wider footprint in Africa and will give itself a few months to make a possible move, Chief Executive Stephane Richard told Les Echos business newspaper.
“It could make sense to be in economies such as Nigeria and South Africa,” Richard was quoted as saying. “If one considers there are things to do, the time frame I am considering is rather a few months than a few years.” Richard declined to comment on possible interest in South Africa's MTN Group Ltd. The Middle East and Africa, where Orange has a presence in 18 countries, is the company’s fastest-growing market… More details through: https://af.reuters.com/article/nigeriaNews/idAFL8N2DR0P1 Mobile network operators (MNOs) in the country added 10.1 million internet users in the first three months of this year, the New Telegraph has learnt.
While internet subscription has been on a steady increase over the years, the number of new subscribers recorded between January and March this year came as the highest to be recorded in three months. This brought the number of active mobile subscriptions in the country to 135.8 million as of March ending. Throughout last year, mobile internet subscriptions in the country increased by 14 million from 111.6 million in December 2018 to 125.7 million in December 2019. According to industry analysts, the massive increase in the first quarter was spurred by the current COVID-19 outbreak, which has forced many Nigerians to depend heavily on the internet for several needs… More details through: https://www.newtelegraphng.com/telecoms-mobile-internet-users-rise-by-10-1m-in-three-months/ Nigeria’s first e-waste recycler, Hinckley Recycling in partnership with Closing the Loop, a Dutch sustainable tech innovator, has shipped tonnes of hazardous mobile phone batteries from Nigeria to Belgium for safe recycling.
"It has been proven that scrap batteries can be used to produce clean materials for the future," Hinckley said in a statement, adding that this move had delivered a unique result, which was likely to become a game-changer for the ICT and recycling industry. The project was initiated in 2017, and through the Hinckley Recycling, Closing the Loop partnership was able to ship a container of scrap mobile phone batteries from Nigeria to Europe for safe recycling… More details through: https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/06/02/ewaste-recycler-hinckley-exports-tonnes-of-hazardous-phone-batteries-from-nigeria/ Sustaining the momentum gathered in 2019, the telecommunications sector attracted a total of $157.48 million in foreign direct investments (FDIs) in the first quarter of this year.
This represents a 386 percent increase year-on-year when compared with the $32.35 million the sector recorded in Q1 2019. The Q1 2020 figure also showed that the sector had performed better than in the preceding quarter (Q4 2019). According to the Capital Importation statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), quarter-on-quarter, foreign investments in the telecoms sector rose by 643 percent as $21.17 was recorded in Q4 2019. The investments in telecoms represented 2.69 percent of the total capital importation into the country for the period under review. NBS revealed that the total value of capital importation into Nigeria stood at $5.85 billion in the first quarter of 2020, representing an increase of 53.97 percent compared to Q4 2019… More details through: https://www.newtelegraphng.com/telecoms-sector-attracts-157-4m-fdi-in-three-months/ The telecommunications sub-sector bolstered the country’s Gross Domestic Products (GDP) by $7.1 billion (N2.7 trillion) between January and March this year, New Telegraph has learnt. This represented 12.5 percent growth over N2.4 trillion it contributed in the same period in 2019. With this, the telecommunications sub-sector accounted for 7.70 percent of the aggregate nominal GDP for the economy in Q1, which according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), stood at N35.6 trillion.
The NBS data showed that the information and communications technology sector, led by telecommunications, remained one of the major drivers of the economy. According to NBS, the ICT sector, which is one of the main drivers of non-oil growth, is composed of the four activities of telecommunications and information services, publishing, motion picture, sound recording, and music production and broadcasting. While ICT's total nominal contributions to the GDP in the first quarter stood at N3.7 trillion, telecommunications alone accounted for 73 percent of the total figure. For the quarter, the ICT sector's percentage contribution stood at 10.31 percent, which is slightly lower than the 10.6 percent it contributed in Q1 2019… More details through: https://www.newtelegraphng.com/telecoms-contributions-to-gdp-hit-n2-7trn-in-q1/ Nigeria and 22 other countries are set to benefit from a 180 terabytes per second (TbPs) capacity undersea cable project. The cable, 2Africa, is being driven by a conglomerate of technology giants, which include Facebook, MTN GlobalConnect, China Mobile International, Orange, STC, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone, and West Indian Ocean Cable Company (WIOCC).
With landings in 23 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Europe, 2Africa is expected to be the most comprehensive subsea cable to serve the African continent and the Middle East region. The parties have appointed Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) to build the cable in a fully funded project, which will greatly enhance connectivity across Africa and the Middle East. “At 37,000km long, 2Africa will be one of the world’s largest subsea cable projects and will interconnect Europe (eastward via Egypt), the Middle East (via Saudi Arabia), and 21 landings in 16 countries in Africa,” a statement from the conglomerate stated. The system is expected to go live in 2023/4, delivering more than the total combined capacity of all subsea cables serving Africa today, with a design capacity of up to 180Tbps on key parts of the system… More details through: https://www.newtelegraphng.com/2africa-nigeria-others-to-access-new-180tbps-undersea-cable/ |
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