Telecom operators in Nigeria, comprising MTN, Airtel, Globacom, and other Internet Service Providers (ISPs), are seeing unprecedented growth in data consumption on their networks, a development that is putting more pressure on them to invest more in capacity.
According to the latest industry data released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Nigerians consumed 1.15 million terabytes of data in August, higher than 1.13 million terabytes recorded in July.
This came as the highest monthly consumption so far and continued the data usage growth trajectory that started in January 2025.