Nigeria’s telecoms regulator licenses seven new ISPs in Nigeria
On today's edition of Techpoint Digest, we talk about NCC licencing seven new ISPs in Nigeria, why she chose tech over oil and gas, and how Nigeria is leading the world in AI use.
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Xin chào,<br />
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Victoria from Techpoint here,<br />
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Here’s what I’ve got for you today:<br />
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NCC licenses seven new ISPs in Nigeria<br />
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When oil and gas ruled, she chose tech<br />
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Nigeria is leading the world in AI use<br />
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NCC licenses seven new ISPs in Nigeria<br />
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Nigeria’s Internet market just got a little more crowded, and that’s not a bad thing. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has licensed seven new Internet Service Providers (ISPs), pushing the total number of authorised ISPs in the country from 224 in December 2025 to 231. Each of the new operators has been granted a five-year licence, running from January 1, 2026, to December 31, 2030, according to updated data from the regulator.<br />
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Most of the new entrants are clustered where business activity is highest. Five are based in Lagos, while Abuja and Imo State picked up one each. The newly licensed companies include Amazon Kuiper Nigeria Limited, Boost ISP, Dasol Solutions Services, Fibre Sonic, Intellivision Technologies, Wetom Technologies, and Granet Technologies — another reminder of how Lagos and the FCT continue to dominate Nigeria’s broadband landscape.<br />
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What this means, at least on paper, is more competition at a time when telecom operators are battling hard for users. Nigeria had 144.7 million Internet subscribers as of November 2025, with data consumption hitting a record 1.236 million terabytes in that month alone. As more ISPs enter the scene, expectations around service quality, pricing, and reliability are likely to rise.<br />
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Why it matters is that ISPs still play a relatively small role in Nigeria’s connectivity story. While players like Spectranet, Starlink, FibreOne, Tizeti, and ipNX dominate the fixed and satellite ISP space, they collectively serve just a fraction of users. As of Q2 2025, the top three ISPs accounted for about 65% of the roughly 314,000 active ISP subscribers nationwide, tiny when compared to mobile broadband.<br />
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That context is key. Nigeria’s four mobile network operators — MTN, Airtel, Globacom, ...
