ISP: Spectranet leads with number of active subscribers




With a wide margin ahead of others in terms of active subscribers, Spectranet remained the number one ISP in Nigeria with the largest customer base.

Licensed in 2009 to promote Internet services across Nigeria, Spectranet was among the first Internet Service Providers to launch 4G LTE internet service in Nigeria and aims to be a leader in the Internet Services space.

The latest data on the NCC’s website shows that this company had the largest number of connected and active customers out of all the ISPs licensed by the NCC.

Coming second is Tizeti which provides high-speed broadband internet to Residences, businesses, Events, and Conferences and deploys public Wi-fi Hotspots at locations across Africa.

According to NCC’s database, the company is the second-largest ISP in Nigeria in terms of the subscriber number. Tizeti’s total connected subscribers as of the third quarter of 2022 were 39, 410 while 18,243 of those customers were active. The ISP had points of presence in 131 locations.

Astramix Limited, which trailed third, is a provider of fast and reliable uninterruptible data and internet broadband. The company says it uses first-class communication technology and has the most reliable, uninterruptible, and efficient top-of-the-range data solutions in the market. 

According to the NCC’s data, as of the third quarter of 2022, VDT had 12,767 connected subscribers with 7, 294 active users.

VDT is a Broadband communication service provider to corporate organizations with leased Fiber Optic trunks to the thirty-six (36) states in Nigeria and the FCT, where they have 59 Point-Of-Presence (POP) and a complement of technical support staffers.

The company had 6,354 connected customers and 4,349 were active. It had only 6 points of presence.

Another internet subscriber, Cyberspace was founded in 1995 and commenced operation the same year as a wholly-owned Nigerian Company.

With a mission to provide excellent value-added ICT services and cutting-edge networking solutions, the company has been able to distinguish itself as a complete network and software solution provider in the industry with its state-of-the-art and world-class internet protocol(IP) infrastructure.

According to NCC’s database, Cyberspace as of the third quarter of 2022 had 4,260 connected customers and all of them were actively subscribed. The ISP is present in 138 locations across Nigeria. Launched in 2003, Cobranet Limited is rated as a leading Internet Service and data provider in Nigeria.

The company provides every segment of Nigerian society with a reliable and secure Internet Service and Data management solution for the digital universe.

As of the third quarter of 2022, the company had 3,609 subscribers and all of them are active, thus achieving 100 per cent customer activeness. The company had a presence in 85 locations.