The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Saturday said that internet users on Nigeria’s telecommunications networks reduced to 93.75 million as at February 2016.
Majority of those who switched off the net were MTN subscribers, data published by the commission for February shows.
It said that the number of subscribers that browsed the internet in January was put at 95.94 million; but reduced to 93.75 million in the month of February.
The data revealed those internet users on both the Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) and the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) networks reduced by 2,194,162
The data showed that of the 93.75 million internet users in February, 93.6 million were on GSM networks, while 150,125 users were on the CDMA.
Of the 93.6 million internet users on the GSM networks in the month under review, MTN Nigeria had 35.6 million customers browsing the internet on its network.
It stated that MTN had a decrease of 2.6 million internet subscribers in February, after it recorded 38.21 million users in the month of January.
According to the report, Globacom had 25.68 million customers surfing the net in February, as the number increased by 248,593 from the January’s record of 25.43 million.