The Nigerian Communications Commission stated the variety of active mobile subscriptions within the nation has reached 220,715,961 million as of August 2023.
The Executive Vice Chairman, EVC, of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, disclosed this on the 18th Abuja International Trade Fair organised by the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry, ACCI, on Thursday in Abuja.
This yr’s 12-day version of the honest is with the theme: “Sustainable Financing and Taxation’’.
Mr Danbatta, represented by the Director, Consumer Affairs Bureau, Umar Alkasim, also said that the number of active internet subscribers was 159,034,717 million, with broadband penetration at 45.57 per cent as at August, 2023.
He said that the competitiveness of Nigerian businesses depended on their ability to leverage on new technologies by acquiring the necessary digital skills to do business on an international scale.
Mr Danbatta said: “In Nigeria today, the number of active mobile subscriptions reached 220,715,961 million as at August 2023, while Teledensity stood at 115.63 per cent at the same period.
“Also, the number of active Internet subscribers was 159,034,717 Million with broadband penetration at 45.57 per cent as at August, 2023.
“In this new environment, the competitiveness of Nigerian businesses depends on their ability to leverage on new technologies by acquiring the necessary digital skills to do business on an international scale.
“This in turn benefits the economy financially.”
He stated that NCC’s regulatory efforts in deepening entry to digital providers would profit Nigeria and make it aggressive comparable with different economies within the areas of job creation and contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) progress
“Emergence of new services and industries; workforce transformation, and business innovation.
“It is in our response to ensuring that Nigeria is competitive in all these areas that the commission continuously puts a number of regulatory measures in place to ensure seamless access by Nigerians to telecommunications services.
“This is in order to deepen competitiveness of the Nigerian economy by making our businesses and industries digitally compliant,” the EVC added.
To maintain the regular progress of telecoms sector, Mr Danbatta stated that NCC would proceed to create a conducive atmosphere.
He stated that an atmosphere that might stimulate deployment of sturdy broadband infrastructure to enhance the Quality of service, QoS, and Quality of Experience, QoE, for telecom customers, be it people or corporates.
“This is because, as a country, we need robust telecoms infrastructure that will help our industries transit to becoming Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-driven, if we hope to be digitally competitive on the global stage,” Mr Danbatta stated.
Earlier, the Director, Consumer Affairs Bureau, Umar Alkasim, reiterated that NCC’s dedication was to make sure honest competitors and a degree taking part in subject for the all stakeholders within the telecommunication trade.
Mr Alkasim, represented by Head, Consumer Policy Development and Monitoring, NCC, Ayanbanji Ojo, stated that the fee was safeguarding the curiosity of customers from abuse of their rights and privileges towards unfair practices within the telecom service worth chain.
“This commitment is demonstrated by the commission’s continuous effort to establish seamless programmes that would Protect, Inform and Educate (PIE Mandate) telecom consumers through various consumer-centric initiatives,” he stated.
