MTN commands 67.7% market share of mobile data subscription in Ghana – NCA
Telecom giant, Mobile Telecommunications Network (MTN) Ghana, according to the National Communications Authority (NCA) commands 67.71 percent of total mobile data subscriptions in the country.
According to the regulator, total mobile data subscriptions at the end of the month of August 2021 totalled 23.2 million of which 15.7 million were MTN-based mobile data subscriptions.
For Vodafone, the total number of mobile data subscriptions at end-August 2021 was 3.3 million reflecting a market share of 14.47%.
AirtelTigo for the month under review surpassed Vodafone which has the second-largest customer base in the country with total mobile data subscription of 3.7 million representing a market share of 16.14%.
Glo was the network with the least mobile data subscription as it recorded total data subscription of 391,885 at the end of August 2021 indicating a market share of 1.68%.
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According to the NCA, data penetration rate for the review period stood at 74.59%.
Meanwhile, with regards to fixed network data subscriptions, Vodafone Ghana led all the three other networks in the country, commanding a 71 percent market share.
As at the end of August 2021, the total number of fixed data subscriptions was 91,323 with Vodafone recording 64,981. AirtelTigo and MTN ended the month with 475 and 25,867 subscriptions respectively.
