NCC Says 41,578 Telcom Subscribers Ported Networks in June

Mon, Aug 8, 2016
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BREAKING NEWS, Business

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THE Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has said that 41,578 subscribers ported to different networks in the country in the month of June.

According to the  “Incoming and Outgoing Porting Activities of Mobile Network Operators” report of the NCC, there was an increase of 182 in the Mobile Number Portability, MNP, activities in June as against the 41,396 activities in May.

Out of the 41,578 porting activities in June, 20,804 were incoming porting activities while 20,774 were outgoing activities.

In the outgoing table, MTN Nigeria lost a total of 8,593 subscribers to other networks. The lost by MTN showed a decline of 1,596 as against the 10,189 subscribers that left the network in May.

The MTN Nigeria is worst affected in the period under review and was followed by Airtel Nigeria, which lost 5,111 customers.

The loss by Airtel increased by 1,265 compared to 3,846 customers who left the network in May.

Also, Globacom lost a total of 4,701 subscribers during the month, representing an increase of 432 from the record in May of 4,269. The network gained 1,558 subscribers while MTN Nigeria gained 1,341 customers.

About 2,369 customers of Etisalat Nigeria ported to other networks in June. There was a reduction of 293 subscribers who left the network compared to 2,662 users in May.

Etisalat gained most from the activities as it recorded additional 12,378 customers on its network in June.

Airtel came second on the gainers’ list, addin 5,527 subscribers to its customer strength.

— Aug. 8, 2016 @ 11: 30 GMT

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