Fifth-generation subscriptions have risen to 1.8 million eleven months after its launch in Nigeria, data from the Nigerian Communications Commission, has stated.
According to the data, 0.83 per cent of the total mobile subscriptions (220.36 million) as of August 2023 were on the 5G network. When calculated, this amounted to 1.83 million mobile subscriptions.
On a month-on-month basis, 5G subscriptions grew by 537.95 per cent from 286,698.4029 as of July 2023 to 1,828,997.8438 as of August 2023, despite a 0.079 per cent decline in the total number of mobile subscriptions in the country.
As of July 2023, only 0.13 per cent (286,698.4029) of total mobile subscriptions (220.54 million) was on 5G network. 2G subscriptions (132.92 million) continue to dominate in the country.
The journey of 5G in Nigeria officially began in 2019 when the NCC disclosed that it would test 5G for three months in the country before actual approval and rollout. Later that year, there was a demonstration, but it wasn’t until December 2022 that the commission officially auctioned its first two 5G spectrums.
