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The national identification number linkage policy, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission, cost telecommunications companies a total of 12 million internet subscribers in 2021.<\/p>\n

This was disclosed in the NCC’s most recent report, “2021 subscriber\/network data annual report.”<\/p>\n

According to the report, there were 141,971,560 internet subscribers in December 2021 compared to 154,301,195 subscribers in December 2020, a decline of 8%.<\/p>\n

According to the report, this resulted from the nationwide order to halt SIM card sales and registration.<\/p>\n

Remember that the NCC gave telecommunications providers a two-week deadline in December 2020 to block SIM cards that were not registered with National Identification Numbers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Federal Government later extended the deadline from December 2020 to January 2021 to enable subscribers with NIN to link it up; while those without NIN had till February 9, 2021.<\/p>\n

The NCC report said subscriber number decreased from 204,601,313 subscribers in 2020 to 195,463,898 active voice subscriptions as of December 2021 \u201cwith a loss of 9,137,415 subscriptions\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis represents about 4.46 per cent decline in total subscription within the period under consideration,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe decrease in operators\u2019 subscriber base was attributed majorly to the effect of the directive from NCC in December 2020 to all GSM operators to suspend the sale and registration of new SIMS, SIM swaps and all porting activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe objective of the audit exercise was to verify and ensure compliance by mobile network operators with the set quality standards and requirements of SIM card registration as issued by the federal ministry of communications and digital economy and the commission.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNigeria\u2019s teledensity decreased from 107.18 per cent as of December 2020 to 102.40 per cent by December 31 2021,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n

In the period under review, the commission said broadband penetration also decreased from 45.02 per cent as of December 2020 to 40.88 per cent as of December 2021.<\/p>\n

Similarly, broadband subscriptions decreased from 85,941,222 subscriptions in December 2020 to 78,041,883 subscriptions as of December 2021.<\/p>\n

On the level of data usage, the NCC said, \u201cThere was an increase in the volume of data consumed in the year-end December 2021 when compared with the year ended December 2020\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe total volume of data consumed by subscribers increased to 353,118.89 terabytes as of December 2021 from 209,917.40TB as of December 2020. This represents an increase of 68.2 per cent in data consumption within the period.\u201d<\/p>\n

It added that the telecoms industry contribution to the gross domestic products was 12.45 per cent in the fourth quarter, of 2020 compared to 12.61 per cent in Q4 of 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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