Nigeria ranks fourth among countries with highest net mobile subscriptions

Multinational networking and Telecommunications company, Ericsson, on Friday said Nigeria ranked fourth among the top five countries with the highest net addition of mobile subscriptions in the first quarter of 2018.

Ericsson made this known in its global mobility report for June 2018 posted on its website.

The report says that Nigeria had 3 million in the first quarter compared to China which came first with 53 million, followed by India with 16 million, Indonesia 6 million and Bangladesh 2 million.

The first quarter of 2018 saw the addition of 98 million new subscriptions, with China, India , Indonesia, Nigeria and Bangladesh leading the pack, the report said.

Ericsson’s mobility report also forecast that there would be 8.9 billion mobile subscriptions by the end of 2023 globally.