The growth profile of licensed Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the country has continued to plummet. Statistics obtained by The Guardian from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) confirmed this. The statistics revealed that out of the 219,117 connections, only about 126, 378 users are active on the Internet through the ISPs as at first quarter 2018.
These connected lines were made possible by the efforts of 23 ISPs, including Spectranet, IS Internet Solutions, VDT, Cobranet, e-Stream, Cyberspace, MainOne Cables, Juniper Solutions, Backbone Connectivity, Hyperia, ipNX, Zeta-Web Nigeria, Ekovolt Telco Nigeria, Layer 3 Ltd, NetAccess Communications Nigeria, among others. The implication of this is that the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), including MTN, Globacom, Airtel and 9Mobile, which have Universal Access Service License (UASL), have remained the major gateway to the Internet in Nigeria.
The MNOs have connected 242.4 million lines out of which 162.5 million are active through the narrow band, the GSM technology.
The NCC statistics showed that the services of Spectranet appeared most leveraged, as it single-handedly claimed 193, 034 connections of which 115, 574 are active. In terms of Point of Presence, the 23 operators have 1,066, with Spectranet having 630 while Cyberspace Limited has 135 across their areas of operations. The snail speed developments around ISPs in the country have been blamed on so many factors, including their inability to evolve good packages for consumers.
(Guardian)
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