MTN emerged as the fastest growing Telco in voice for March 2016.
It gained the highest number of subscribers of about 217,000 in March 2016.
[contextly_sidebar id=”W7dQv5P77yyFHmw1iltW3cNN3vFHwOem”]This is according to the market share report from the National Communications Authority (NCA) for the month of March 2016.
MTN’s voice subscriber base now stands at a little above 17 million during the period under review representing a 1.29% growth.
MTN now holds around 47.05% of the market share.
This represents the third time that MTN has led the industry’s voice subscription.
It led with 46.89% and 46.58% in January and February respectively.
Second largest Telco, Vodafone followed MTN in the growth race, gaining some 41,048 subscribers.
This increased its subscriber base by 0.58%.
With a little above 7.9million subscribers, Vodafone now commands a market share of 21.86%.
Tigo this time around followed Vodafone gaining 42,067 subscribers moving its subscriber’s base by 0.72%. Its market share for March 2016 stands at 14.01%.
Airtel which commands a little above 5 million subscribers in the market, also gained some 101,632 new subscribers in March 2016 representing an increase of 2.07% in their base.
Following Tigo in the voice market share race, Airtel’s market share now stands at 13.87%.
Glo on the other hand lost 54,666 subscribers in March 2016 which pushed its subscriber base down by 4.95%.
With a little above 1 million subscribers, Glo now commands a market share of 2.90%.
Expresso this time trailed at the bottom losing some 4,509 subscribers in March.
This pushed its subscriber base by 3.92%.
With 110,549 subscribers, Expresso now holds 0.31% of the total market share.
Generally, the number of voice subscribers grew by about 336,570 measuring a little below 0.94%.
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By: Norvan Acquah-Hayford/citibusinessnews.com/Ghana