Foremost integrated telecommunications operator, Globacom, which has been consistently adjudged the preferred data services provider in the past 18 months has emerged the first choice of subscribers in voice services.

The company recorded  68% of all additional GSM lines in the country in the last 12 months.

According to the latest reports on the website of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Globacom recorded 68% of all additional GSM lines in Nigeria in the last 12 months.

Specifically, the report indicated that a total of 7,477,977 new lines were activated between June 2015 and June 2016, with Globacom recording a whopping 5,063,895 new susbcribers, representing 68%, while Airtel added 2,414,082 new customers.

With this feat, Globacom’s market share has increased from 21% to 24% with 36.3m subscribers at the end of June,  2016, while  MTN, which once had over 45% share of the market, had this reduced to 39% at the end of June with 58.4m subscribers.