Leading telecoms operator, Airtel Nigeria, has emerged the fastest growing mobile operator in the country, according to the latest report published by industry regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
According to the report published on the NCC’s corporate website this month, http://www.ncc.gov.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70&Itemid=226, Airtel recorded the highest growth in new customers in the last quarter of 2014, clinching 32% of total new customers between October and December, 2014.
The Nigerian telecoms industry recorded a total of 4, 766,511 (four
million, seven hundred and sixty six thousand, five hundred and eleven)
new customers in the last quarter (October to December, 2014). While
MTN, Etisalat and Globacom had 1,434,119, 1,222,363 and 607,736 new
customers respectively, Airtel recorded 1,502,293 new customers, the
highest from the pool, in the period.
In percentage terms, while Airtel finished the last quarter as the
fastest growing mobile operator in Nigeria with 32% of new customers
market share, MTN, Etisalat and Globacom closed the quarter with 30%,
26% and 13% respectively, in terms of new customers recorded in the
period.
Reacting to the report, the Chief Executive Officer and Managing
Director of Airtel Nigeria, Segun Ogunsanya, thanked Nigerians for
choosing the Airtel Network ahead of other operators, noting that Airtel
has been consistent in its effort to create real value for customers in
line with its vision of becoming the most loved brand in the daily
lives of Nigerians.

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