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48.3 million Nigerians browse Internet on mobile phones

A total of 48.3 million telephone subscribers actively browse the Internet
on their mobile phones, investigations have shown.
Statistics obtained from the Nigerian Communications Commission on
Friday showed that Internet subscriptions through the
telecommunications operators increased by 26.44 per cent between May
31 and June 30, 2013.
Active Internet subscription as of the end of June, but it was, however,
16.29 per cent less than the total Internet mobile subscriptions.
At the end of June, a total of 57.7 million telephone subscribers had
Internet subscription, although only 48.3 million were active subscribers.
This means that a total of 9.4 million Internet subscriptions were
inactive.
At the end of May, the active mobile Internet subscription stood at 38.2
million. This means that within a period of one month (between May and
June), 10.1 million active subscribers started using the Internet on their
phones, a difference of 26.44 per cent.
The total subscription at the end of May, however, stood at 44.69 million.
This translates to an inactive population of 6.49 million subscribers or a
ratio of 14.52 per cent.
With an active subscription of 24.5 million, MTN Nigeria Communications
Limited had the largest mobile Internet subscription rate at the end of
June. This means that 50.72 per cent of all mobile Internet subscribers
as of June 30 were hooked to the MTN network.

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