N212 Billion Spend On Phone Calls Monthly In Nigeria

Nigerians can talk sha, see how much we dey spend for phone calls monthly, billions of Naira, more than two hundred billion in a month. Details below

Out of the over 180 million Nigerians in the country, 146 million of them are active subscribers and they spend about N212 billion on calls every month, LEADERSHIP investigations have revealed.

The findings were arrived at using the current active mobile subscriptions in the country and the subsisting Average Revenue Per User (ARPU), the financial performance benchmark in the telecoms industry that measures the average monthly revenue generated by operators from telecoms subscribers, for Nigeria.


Going by the latest statistics released by the telecoms regulatory body, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), active telephone lines in the nation telecommunication industry stood at 146, 561. 744 by May 2015.

According to data released by industry leading operators, ARPU in Nigeria telecoms market is estimated at around $6 (N1, 452), given the foreign exchange rate at N242. LEADERSHIP investigation revealed that with an ARPU of N1,452 and a subscriber base of 146 million, Nigeria telephone users now pay an estimated N212 billion monthly in accessing telecom service, especially calls making.


Similarly, the commission revealed that no fewer than 88.13 million Nigerians currently browse the Internet on telecom networks in the country. The commission

monthly Internet subscriber data for the month of May showed that there was an increase of 1,131,775 (one million, one hundred and thirty-one thousand, seven hundred and seventy-five) internet users on the GSM networks in May.

Source: LEADERSHIP