By The current economic situation in Nigeria appears to be making more Nigerians to afford the purchase of mobile data to surf the internet, according to statistics released by the telecoms industry regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission. (NCC).
Statistics sighted by TechnologyMirror revealed that since July, the internet data usage by Nigerians have continued to crash although there are increasing broadband penetration fueled by access to smartphones.
According to the third quarter statistics from the Commission, the drop in internet data usage began dropping from May 2025 1,043,431.98 terabytes to as low as 1,131,255.90 terabytes in July.
When the NCC made available to stakeholders the latest Internet Usage Statistics in Terabytes at the end of the third quarter, the figures indicated that usage for September was 1,147,133.24 terabytes falling from 1,152,347.24 terabytes of the previous month.
Notwithstanding this, the broadband penetration rose at a minimal rate from 48.81 percent in August to 49.34 percent in September 2025 while the broadband subscription increased from 105,158,577 subscription in August to 106,970,523 subscription in September.
Meanwhile, Airtel Nigeria has pushed Globacom down the leadership position of the telecoms operators leaving MTN Nigeria Plc to still maintain her leadership role in the sector.
The NCC disclosed that Airtel is now on the second floor in the leadership with 58,470,480 subscribers with Globacom on the third floor with 21,391,786 subscribers making Airtel to lead Globacom by over 50 percent.
