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T2 Mobile, formerly called 9mobile, has recorded subscriber growth for the first time in nearly two years, adding over 290,000 new users in July 2025 — www.naijnaira.com reports.
According to data from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the operator’s base climbed from 2.4 million in June to 2.7 million in July.
This rebound followed its August rebrand and a nationwide roaming agreement with MTN Nigeria that allows T2 customers to use MTN’s wider network.
The company’s market share also improved, inching up from 1.4% to 1.6%, signaling the first real turnaround since late 2023.
While T2 celebrated growth, the broader telecom market shrank by 2.4 million subscribers in the same month.
Airtel Nigeria lost the most, dropping from 58.9 million users to 56.5 million, while Globacom fell to 20.7 million and MTN slipped to 89.1 million.
Industry insiders say tariff increases alone do not explain the fall, pointing instead to an NCC audit that continues to purge inactive numbers.
“Operators are continuously delisting numbers that have been inactive for 365 days,” one telecom executive explained.
The NCC launched this audit in 2024, cutting out more than 64 million dormant lines that inflated subscriber counts.
Under new rules in its 2025 Telecom Identity Risk Management Policy, any line without calls, SMS, data, or USSD for a year can now be reassigned.
The Commission has warned users: “If you have not made a revenue-generating event on your mobile number for 365 days, the line can be churned.”
