The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said the number of active mobile phone lines in the country rose to 144 million in December 2017.
This showed an increase of 2,731,273 lines, from 142 million recorded in November 2017.
NCC disclosed this in its monthly Subscribers Operator Data posted on its website.
The commission said the active lines moved to 144,631,678 in December compared to 141,900.405 in November 2017.
The Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) still had 217,566 users in December same as November.
The report said the number of fixed wired/wireless in December was 139,344 as against 137,190 in November, showing an increase of 2,154 lines.
According to NCC, the number of Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) was 70,926 in December while in November it was 61,488, an increase of 5,977.
Teledensity for December 2017 was 103.61 against 101.66 in November, recording an increase of 195.
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