4.1

Industry Indicators

Latest available figures from The National Bureau of Statistics, and other
industry sources indicate the following:
S/N
i.

Indicator
Individual access to Mobile telephones

ii.

Individual
handsets

iii.

Household

ownership

Source
63.9%

of

mobile

43.6%

of

mobile

Ownership

iv.

Access to fixed Telephony

59%
(representing
70.6% of those
with access)
0.4%

v.

Access to computers

4.5%

vi.

Television access

67.6%

vii.

Radio access

41.2%

viii.

Ownership of radio

41.2%

ix.

Internet connections

6.5%

x.

Internet users

0.02

xi.

Broadcasting stations
nationwide
Broadband penetration

telephones.

xii.

in

operation

291
6.1%

xiii.

Post offices including postal agencies
and post shops

2,015

xiv.
xv.

Licensed courier companies
People employed in communication
sector

250
4.969 million
- 1,124 (female)
- 3.845 (male)

National Bureau of statistics report on
‘access to ICT services’
2009 Collaborative survey of socio
economic activity in Nigeria by the
NBS/CBN/NCC
2009 Collaborative survey of socio
economic activity in Nigeria by the
NBS/CBN/NCC
2009 Collaborative survey of socio
economic activity in Nigeria by the
NBS/CBN/NCC
2011 Annual NBS/CBN socio economic
report: access to ICT
2009 Collaborative survey of socio
economic activity in Nigeria by the
NBS/CBN/NCC
2009 Collaborative survey of socio
economic activity in Nigeria by the
NBS/CBN/NCC
2009 Collaborative survey of socio
economic activity in Nigeria by the
NBS/CBN/NCC
2009 Collaborative survey of socio
economic activity in Nigeria by the
NBS/CBN/NCC
2009 Collaborative survey of socio
economic activity in Nigeria by the
NBS/CBN/NCC (based on population of
160m and 0.3% of access).
Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation
ITU – International Telecommunications
Union
2009 Collaborative survey of socio
economic activity in Nigeria by the
NBS/CBN/NCC
NIPOST – Nigerian Postal Service
2009 Collaborative survey of socio
economic activity in Nigeria by the
NBS/CBN/NCC

Footnote
NCC - Nigerian Communications Commission
NBS - National Bureau of Statistics
CBN - Central Bank of Nigeria
NIPOST – Nigerian Postal Service

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