76% Nigerian Use MTN Lines – Survey

A survey of the telecommunication sector by NOI Polls has revealed that a higher proportion of Nigerians use two phone lines, with 76 percent having MTN as their main line.

NOI Polls showed that subscribers use two phone lines either registered under one network provider or under two different ones.

According to the survey, “this trend has been consistent from 2012 to 2014, but a 5-point reduction in the proportion of Nigerians in this category was seen from 2012 to 2013 and a 3 point increase in 2014.

The assessment placed MTN as the most frequently used network in the past two years (2012-2013) and even in present times, although subscription to this provider has consistently declined within this period.

Rates for use of other networks were 45 percent for Airtel (up from 39 percent), 33 percent for Etisalat, 28 percent for Glo and 1 percent for Visafone.

The survey said Airtel was the only network that has seen a considerable growth in the proportion of its users. This increase may have been driven by its cheaper tariffs.

It also found that 15 percent of mobile subscribers indicated Airtel as their main line, 5 percent indicated Glo, and 4 percent of subscribers use Etisalat as their main line.

Furthermore, NOI polls said the use of 2 phone lines seems like the norm across all geo-political zones, except for the North-Westzone where the higher proportion of the residents use one phone line. The North-East zone (33%:22%+10%) and the South-West zone (31%: 23%+8%) accounted for the highest proportion of respondents who use 3 or more phone lines.