Internet country code | .ng |
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Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
Total | 65,313 (2020 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 0.03 (2020 est.) |
Internet users | |
Total | 115.5 million (2021 est.) |
Percent of population | 55% (2021 est.) |
Telecommunication systems | |
General assessment | One of the larger telecom markets in Africa subject to sporadic access to electricity and vandalism of infrastructure; most Internet connections are via mobile networks; market competition with affordable access; LTE technologies available but GSM is dominant; mobile penetration high due to use of multiple SIM cards and phones; government committed to expanding broadband penetration; operators to deploy fiber optic cable in six geopolitical zones and Lagos; operators invested in base stations to deplete network congestion; submarine cable break in 2020 slowed speeds and interrupted connectivity; Nigeria concluded its first 5G spectrum auction in 2021 and granted licenses to two firms; construction of 5G infrastructure has not yet been completed (2022) |
Domestic | Fixed-line subscribership remains less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular subscribership is 91 per 100 persons (2021) |
International | Country code - 234; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC, NCSCS, MainOne, Glo-1 & 2, ACE, and Equiano fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and South and West Africa; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) (2019) |
Telephones - fixed lines | |
Total subscriptions | 97,000 (2022 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | (2022 est.) less than 1 |
Telephones - mobile cellular | |
Total subscriptions | 222.225 million (2022 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 102 (2022 est.) |
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