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MTN earns ₦98b half year profit, adds 3.3m new subscribers

Telecommunications firm, MTN has earned ₦98.9 billion profit in the first half of 2019, ended June 30 and added 3.3 million new subscribers to its network, pushing its subscribers base in Nigeria to 61.5 million.It explained that its service revenue increased by 12.2 per cent; voice revenue by 11.4 per cent, while data earnings grew by 31.7 per cent.

Its result released yesterday indicated that its Fintech revenue increased 21.2 per cent, while earnings from its digital businesses increased by 64.5 per cent.

The telecommunications firm, which made significant changes in its Nigerian board composition on Wednesday, said with its …

Active subscribers increase by 43,807 in March - NCC

Active subscribers increase by 43,807 in March – NCC

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says there is an addition of 43,807 active subscribers on the telecommunication networks in March 2019.

The telecommunications regulator disclosed this in its Monthly Subscriber/Operator Data made available on its website on Saturday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the active subscribers on the telecommunications networks increased from 173,670,035 in February to 173,713,842 in March.

According to the data, 173,432,863 of the 173,713,863 active users subscribe to the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network services.

The GSM operators’ active customers’ figure increased by 156,335 in March, after the 173,276,528 subscribers recorded in …