The total number of active telephone lines in the month of May 2021 reduced to 187,026,517, from 188,705,734 in the month before. This represents a decline of 0.889 percent.
Figures published on the website of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), indicate the decline was in consistence with a trend that started in November 2020.
The number of active telephone lines in the country – including GSM mobile, CDMA mobile, Fixed wire/wireless and VoiP – reached a peak of 207,954,737 in October 2020 and has been dropping since then.
The total number had dropped from 192,413,613 in March 2021 to the April 2021 figure of 188,705,734.
Of the total active lines of 187,026,517 in May, 186,695,465 representing 99.8 percent are GSM mobile lines.
