With 197.4m Subscriptions, 91% Teledensity, Nigeria Draws Close to 200m Active Subscribers

THISDAYLIVE | 22-10-2026 02:23am |

Emma Okonji Nigeria is close to hitting the 200 million active telecom subscribers record, following an improvement in its telecoms subscriber number that reached 197,416,694 with a teledensity of 91.07 per cent as at August 2026, statistics released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed. Teledensity, in telecoms parlance, is described as the number of active telephone connections per ...

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