Nigeria’s energetic phone subscriptions rose to 179.64 million by the top of December 2025, reflecting continued development in cellular utilization and rising demand for knowledge providers, in keeping with figures launched by the Nigerian Communications Fee.
The newest business knowledge confirmed that energetic cellular subscriptions elevated from 177.43 million in November to 179.64 million in December, pushing nationwide teledensity to 82.87 per cent.
Teledensity, a key telecommunications indicator, measures the variety of energetic phone connections—each cellular and glued—for each 100 individuals.
It’s extensively used to evaluate telecom penetration, infrastructure improvement and {economic} exercise, whereas additionally highlighting disparities between city and rural entry.
Market share knowledge from the NCC confirmed MTN Nigeria sustaining its management place with 93 million subscribers, accounting for 51.87 per cent of the market.
Airtel Nigeria adopted with 60.8 million customers and a 33.9 per cent market share.
Globacom ranked third with 22.2 million subscribers, representing 12.4 per cent of the market, whereas T2 (previously 9mobile) closed the yr with 3.22 million prospects, translating to a 1.80 per cent market share.
When it comes to expertise deployment, 4G networks remained dominant, accounting for 52.95 per cent of whole connections.
2G adopted with 37.37 per cent, whereas 3G stood at 5.91 per cent. 5G, now getting into its fourth yr of operation in Nigeria, accounted for 3.77 per cent of whole connections, reflecting gradual however regular adoption.
The report additionally highlighted a major rise in knowledge consumption.
Complete knowledge utilization crossed 13.2 million terabytes in 2025, underscoring Nigerians’ rising urge for food for streaming, digital providers, social media and on-line commerce.
Broadband adoption continued to strengthen alongside the surge in knowledge demand.
Web subscriptions rose to 112.67 million in December, pushing broadband penetration to 51.97 per cent, up from 50.58 per cent recorded in November.
The NCC knowledge reinforce the sector’s function as a key driver of Nigeria’s digital economic system, with increasing connectivity, rising knowledge utilization and rising broadband penetration shaping consumption patterns and enterprise exercise throughout the nation.