Top mobile networks in Nigeria

Nigeria has Africa's largest mobile network with millions of subscriber and still fast growing.

Top mobile networks in Nigeria

1. MTN. NG

MTN Nigeria

MTN Nigeria is a junior company of Africa’s leading telecommunication company, MTN Group. MTN Nigeria is ranked no. 1 among other mobile networks. 

MTN became the first GSM network to make a call ‘following the globally lauded Nigerian GSM auction’ by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in May 2001.

MTN became Nigeria’s favorite because of its excellent and cost-efficient services both for personal and business sectors. MTN Nigeria Communications Ltd.

2. Glo mobile 

Glo Mobile

Globacom, or the popularly known Glo, is one of the leading Nigerian mobile network operators. It was founded in 2003 and since then, Glo Mobile soared in being part of Africa’s communication life.

Glo Mobile offers low-cost prepaid and postpaid bundles for messaging, data, and broadband for private individuals and business developers. Glo Mobile is headquartered in Nigeria and is present in other big cities of Africa. Glo Mobile lowest bundle starts only at ₦50 and can go as high as ₦18,000 for larger scale of data. Glo Mobile has 20% share in the African market for its over 24 million active subscribers.

3. Airtel. NG

Bharti Airtel Ltd.

Bharti Airtel Ltd. is widely known as Airtel. Airtel is one of the largest Nigerian mobile network operator that is operating multinational. It is present in 20 countries across Africa and Asia. The company provides spectrum of network services like 2G, 3G, and 4G band and broadband solutions through DSL, IPTV, and DTH.

Headquartered in New Delhi, the company is sharing 21% in Africa’s market having over 26 million subscribers in Nigeria. Airtel has a broad menu of prepaid and business services for the public and private sectors. For only ₦100, you can start surfing the internet with Airtel.

4. 9mobile

Etisalat

Etisalat is a multinational telecommunication company based in UAE. Trading as Etisalat, Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services (EMTS) is a merged private Nigerian company in shoulder to shoulder with Mubadala Development Company and Etisalat Arab Emirates.

Etisalat was established in the United Arab Emirates in 1976 and set footprints on Nigeria and other Asian countries and Middle Eastern ends.