Only 110,000 phone users upgrade to 4G

Only 110,000 of 151million active telecom subscribers in the country have so far upgraded to the fourth Generation/Long Term Evolution technology, more than 10 months after a commercial launch in the country by four mobile operators, a Daily Trust finding has shown.
A 4G/LTE technology is designed to provide up to ten times the broadband internet speeds of third generation technology for mobile devices.

Considering the huge number of phone users on 3G technology, experts said the 4G tech may have started sluggishly in Nigeria, portending a business risk for the telecom operators.

The latest Monthly Subscriber/Operator Data released by the industry regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), recently showed that MTN had 58m users, and Glo had 37m customers, and Airtel had 34m customers while 9mobile 19m users.
Daily Trust, September 6, 2017

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