Nigeria - Telecoms Market Statistics and Forecasts

Synopsis

Nigeria is one of the biggest and fastest growing telecom markets in Africa with still huge further growth potential in all sectors. A new unified licensing regime has intensified competition between service providers and is driving them to introduce converged fixed and mobile, voice and broadband services to maintain market share and limit the decline in average revenue per user (ARPU). Both fixed and mobile service providers are benefitting from an increasing demand for Internet access and broadband capabilities. This report contains key statistics and provides forecasts for 2010 and 2015 for all market sectors, including mobile ARPU which is expected to slide further for voice services but can also be increased significantly if the operators succeed in truly transforming themselves into converged service providers, absorbing much of the broadband market on top of the mobile voice market.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Key statistics
  
• 3. Forecasts
  
  • 3.1 Forecasts – fixed-line market to 2015
    
    • 3.1.1 Fixed-line statistics
      
    • 3.1.2 Forecast fixed-line market
      
  • 3.2 Forecasts – Internet market to 2015
    
    • 3.2.1 Internet statistics
      
    • 3.2.2 Forecast Internet users
      
  • 3.3 Forecasts – mobile services to 2015
    
    • 3.3.1 Mobile statistics
      
    • 3.3.2 Forecast mobile subscribers
      
    • 3.3.3 Forecast mobile ARPU
      
  • 3.4 Notes on scenario forecasts
    
• 4. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2009
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – April 2009
• Table 3 – Internet provider statistics – 2009
• Table 4 – Internet subscriber and user statistics – 2008
• Table 5 – Mobile statistics – April 2009
• Table 6 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 7 – Fixed lines in service, Nitel vs. PTOs, teledensity – 1995 - 2009
• Table 8 – Forecast fixed-line and fixed-wireless subscribers – 2010; 2015
• Table 9 – Internet users and penetration rate – 1996; 1998; 2000 - 2008
• Table 10 – Forecast Internet users – 2010; 2015
• Table 11 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1998 - 2009
• Table 12 – Mobile subscribers by operator, technology and annual change – March 2009
• Table 13 – Forecast mobile subscribers – 2010; 2015
• Table 14 – Nigeria blended monthly mobile ARPU – 2006 - 2008
• Table 15 – Forecast blended monthly mobile ARPU – 2010; 2015