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Glo Floors Other Networks, Gains More Data Customers In April

glo-LogoGlobacom Limited added over a million new internet users on its network in April, 2015,  according to a report on the website of Nigerian Communications Commission.
The current Monthly Internet Subscriber Data by the regulator of the ICT industry, showed that Globacom  had 19,690,526 subscribers surfing the net with its network in April, up from 18,617,607 users in March.
With this, Globacom  gained a total of 1,072,919 additional internet users on its network during the period covered by the report. This increase translates to 67.58% of total number of new internet subscriber figure of 1,587,514 for the telecom networks for the month of April.
The report indicated that MTN lost 384,487 internet subscribers in April, after it recorded 39,520,285 users, down from 39,904,772 in March 2015. Airtel Nigeria, it said, had 17.2 million internet users in April, as against 16,603,147 customers recorded in March and  internet users on the Airtel Nigeria network increased by 669,518 in April.  10.4 million of Etisalat’s  customers browsed the internet in April, against the 10,189,568 users in March, showing an increase of 231,661 in the new month.
In  an overview of the entire industry, NCC said the number of subscribers browsing the internet on Nigeria’s telecoms networks soared to 87,055,484 in April, up from 85,467,970 users in March.
The data revealed that the increase of 1,587,514 internet users during the period was on both the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) networks in April.
This recent  addition of more internet subscribers to the Globacom network is attributable to the recent massive upgrade and modernization of the operator’s network across the country. The network enhancements have increased the capacity of the network and significantly boosted service quality levels.