There were almost 190 million mobile data connections in Nigeria in 2023, with the vast majority of these connections using 3G mobile technology. Just 60,000 connections were using the latest 5G technology that year, with this figure set to reach almost two million in 2024.
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Global Monitor. (May 2, 2024). Number of mobile broadband subscriptions in Nigeria from 2015 to 2024, by mobile network generation (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 07, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1488223/nigeria-mobile-data-subscriptions-by-type/
Global Monitor. "Number of mobile broadband subscriptions in Nigeria from 2015 to 2024, by mobile network generation (in millions)." Chart. May 2, 2024. Statista. Accessed September 07, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1488223/nigeria-mobile-data-subscriptions-by-type/
Global Monitor. (2024). Number of mobile broadband subscriptions in Nigeria from 2015 to 2024, by mobile network generation (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 07, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1488223/nigeria-mobile-data-subscriptions-by-type/
Global Monitor. "Number of Mobile Broadband Subscriptions in Nigeria from 2015 to 2024, by Mobile Network Generation (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1488223/nigeria-mobile-data-subscriptions-by-type/
Global Monitor, Number of mobile broadband subscriptions in Nigeria from 2015 to 2024, by mobile network generation (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1488223/nigeria-mobile-data-subscriptions-by-type/ (last visited September 07, 2024)
Number of mobile broadband subscriptions in Nigeria from 2015 to 2024, by mobile network generation (in millions) [Graph], Global Monitor, May 2, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1488223/nigeria-mobile-data-subscriptions-by-type/
