Nigeria telecoms spending tops N3.5trillion this year, says NCC

 Over 150million telecoms consumers in the country will spend close to N3.5trillion on telecoms services by the end of this year, the Nigerian Communications Commission predicts. The spending will be on calls, data services and mobile devices in whats considered one of the biggest markets for mobile devices in the world, a report by the […]

 Over 150million telecoms consumers in the country will spend close to N3.5trillion on telecoms services by the end of this year, the Nigerian Communications Commission predicts.

The spending will be on calls, data services and mobile devices in whats considered one of the biggest markets for mobile devices in the world, a report by the International Telecommunications Union said.

Last year, Nigerians spent N3.3 trillion on telecoms services, a figure expected to increase by the end of 2017, NCC executive vice chairman Umar Danbatta said Wednesday.

He spoke at flag-off ceremony of the 2017 Nigerian Telecom Consumer campaign at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.

‘ In 2015, Nigerian telecom consumers spent a whopping $5.6billion on telecommunications services. And in 2016, they topped it up by another $1billion to make it $6.6billion,” the NCC boss said.

He said with more consumers now on the four major networks, the consumers spending would increase in 2017.

He assured telecom consumers of adequate protection from unfair services from the telecom companies.