Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that unused Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards on telecommunication operators’ networks increased from 50.6 million in March to 51.5 million as at April.
This was contained in the commission’s “Monthly Subscriber Data” also showed that the dormant numbers increased by 849,564 in the month under review.
It revealed that connected numbers on the telecom networks also increased from 19.6 milllion recorded in March to 196.9 million in the month of April.
The data indicated that of the 51.5 million dormant SIM cards in April, the Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) operators shared 50 million.
It also showed that of the unused 51,5 million lines in April, the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) networks shared 1.6 million.
According to the data, the Fixed Wired/Wireless networks shared 187,188 inactive lines of the dormant SIM cards in April.
The increase on inactive lines indicated that telecoms users purchase SIM cards but dump them for a long period, hence making the lines go dormant.
Unused SIM Cards Hit 51.4m in April – NCC
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