10,210 subscribers dump Globacom in two months

Semiu Salami
Semiu Salami

The Second National Carrier, Globacom has lost about 10,210 subscribers to other Global System for Mobile communications networks in the last two months.

A Port-Out Activities of Mobile Network Operators’ report, made available by the Nigerian Communications Commission in Lagos on Monday, revealed that Globacom lost a total of 6,930 customers in April and 3,280 subscribers in March.

According to the report, Mobile Telecommunications Network Nigeria, MTN also lost 3,835 subscribers to other networks in April, as against the 5,489 lost in March, while Etisalat lost 1,817 subscribers to other networks in April, as against the 3,157 it lost in March.

The report stated that Airtel lost 1,601 subscribers to other networks in April, as against the 1,457 it lost in March, adding that a total of 14,183 telecom users engaged in porting-out activities across the networks in April, as against the 13,383 recorded in March.

It, however, said that Globacom enjoyed the exercise as it led the gainers’ list with an additional 7,955 customers joining its network in April.

Etisalat came second on the gainers’ list as it added 3,280 subscribers to its customer strength in same period, while Airtel came third on the line of the gainers’ list with 2,816 subscribers in April, while the MTN network had just 552 additional customers.

The report disclosed that 14,603 customers participated in the port-in activity in April, as against the 13,757 recorded in March.

The porting activities showed that telecom users were not comfortable with the services of the operators, hence, the movement from one network to the other.

The Mobile Number Portability was flagged off on April 22, 2013 by the NCC, with the aim of deepening competition in the industry.

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