Nigerian internet users used a total of 655,879.86 terabytes of data in August, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
The telecom regulator’s data showed that the amount of data being utilized in the nation has been steadily increasing.
When compared to the 615,207.39 terabytes consumed in July, the utilization in August represents a 6.6% increase.
Internet subscriptions in the nation decreased in the month under review, suggesting that current subscribers used the internet more throughout the month.
The statistics shows that from 159.5 million in July, there were 159 million internet subscriptions across mobile, fixed, and VoIP networks in August.
With the steady rise in data consumption, telecom operators are seeing growth in their revenue. Just recently, Airtel Nigeria in its financial report for the quarter that ended June 2023, disclosed that average usage by customers on 4G increased to 10.7GB per month from 7.4
this in its financial report for the quarter ended June 2023. According to the report, the increase in data consumption by 4G users represents a 44.4% jump when compared with 7.4GB per month data usage recorded at the same time last year.
For non-4G users on Airtel, their data consumption also increased from an average of 4.6GB per month last year to 5.7GB per month as of June this year, representing a 24.5% increase.
According to the company, the increase in data consumption pushed its data revenue for its Q1 2024(April-June 2023) to $228 million (about N176,7 billion) from $210 million (N162.7 billion) recorded in the same period last year.
For the half year 2023, MTN Nigeria also reported that its revenue grew by 34.9%, “largely due to increased usage supported by the enhanced capacity through network expansion and smartphone penetration.” According to the company, data usage (GB per user) grew by 28.2% to 8.1GB as of June this year.