LAGOS: The National Communications Authority (NCA) has disclosed that the number of active mobile phone lines in the country reached 21,265,706 in January 2012. This indicates some 88.6% penetration of Ghana's estimated population. The Director-General of NCA , Paarock VanPercy made this known during the four-day training on telecoms reporting put together by Media Foundation for West Africa with support from MTN. VanPercy said tele-density, which is a combination of active mobile and fixed lines reached 21,553,969, representing almost 90% of the populations. Out of the total, leading network provider, MTN still leads with 10,249,528 subscriptions, representing 48.2% mobile, and 47.55% telephony market share; Vodafone consolidated its newly acquired second position with 4,340,905, representing 20.14% market share. Tigo's subscribers fell further from a little over3.9 million in December 2011, to 3,766,538 just a month later, posting 17.47% market share. Airtel is however still rising gradually with an increase in subscribers from a little over 2.6 million in December last year to 2,725,128 subscribers in January this year, representing 12.64% market share. Meanwhile, on March 3, 2012 more than 1.5 million SIM cards were deactivated, and that is yet to reflect on the subscriber base of the telecom operators for the first quarter, ending March 31, 2012. It would be clear who the top gainers and losers were when they present their 90-Day registered active subscribers to the NCA this month. BM ShortURL: http://goo.gl/xpYTr Tags: 88 perrcent, Ghana, Mobile Penetration Section: Tech, West Africa
