MTN Nigeria solidified its position in the Nigerian telecom market as it crossed 90 million active subscriptions mark in March 2025.
This is according to the latest industry statistics released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), which shows that total active mobile subscriptions across the four mobile networks increased to 172.4 million in March.
The data shows that the mobile network operators are gradually recovering after last year’s NIN-SIM audit that wiped out over 60 million subscriptions from their database.
Of the total mobile subscriptions, MTN accounted for 52.48% of the market share with 90.4 million active connections.
Airtel Nigeria, the second largest operator, retained its position with 33.78% of the market share. Airtel’s total active subscriptions as of March stood at 58.2 million according to the NCC’s data.
Globacom, the distant third player, ended March with 20.7 million active subscriptions and accounted for 12.01% of the market share.
9mobile remained in the abyss with 2.8 million subscriptions. The telecom operator that has witnessed a consistent decline in customers now accounts for only 1.72% of the telecom market share.
While other operators recorded an increase in their active subscriptions between February and March, 9mobile’s figure remained static, an indication that there was no new activation or exit from the network in one month.
While consistently poor service has seen millions of customers leave 9mobile, the stability recorded between February and March is attributable to customers’ inability to port out of the network in the period.
