MTN in the month of November 2014 beat competition to emerge as the fastest growing telecom company in Ghana.<\/p>\n
It gained about 188,241 new subscribers, the highest in the month.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”XxiP7IDhfP6CkVvZ8k9nYg6SKQwk2SIX”]This is contained in the market share report from the National Communication Authority (NCA) for the month of November 2014.<\/p>\n
MTN\u2019s voice subscriber base increased from a little below 13.million to a little above 13.6 million during the period under review representing a 1.40% growth.<\/p>\n
MTN now holds around\u00a045.23% of the market share.<\/p>\n
Generally, the number of voice subscribers grew by about 228,581, measuring a little below 1%.<\/p>\n
Tigo followed MTN as it gained a little above 43,000 subscribers which pushed its subscriber\u2019s base by about 1.08%.<\/p>\n
With a little above 4million subscribers, Tigo now commands a market share of 13.6%<\/p>\n
Airtel this time around followed Tigo by gaining 13,686 subscribers. This moved its base from decline to a gain of 0.37%.<\/p>\n
However, their market share for November, 2014 was 12.43%, a marginal dip from the previous month\u2019s figure of 12.48%.<\/p>\n
Vodafone which commands some 7.1 million subscribers in the market now gained 8,737 subscribers in November representing an increase of 0.12% in their base.<\/p>\n
Vodafone\u2019s market share now stands at 23.62%.<\/p>\n
Interestingly, Expresso in the month of November recovered from loses to gain some 2,496 subscribers.<\/p>\n
This pushed its subscriber base by about 2.11%. With about 120,667 subscribers, Expresso still holds about 0.4% of the market share.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, Glo was the only Telco to have lost subscribers continuing its losing streak with a loss of a little above 28,000 dropping its subscriber base by a little below 1.5%.<\/p>\n
Glo now holds about 4.76% of the total market share which is represents a little below1.4million subscribers.<\/p>\n
Mobile phone penetration in Ghana is now about 113.07% with total voice subscribers numbering about 30.2million with a population of about 26.7million people.<\/p>\n
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By: Norvan Acquah\u2013Hayford\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n
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