The Country Intelligence Report provides in-depth analysis of the following:
- Demographic and macroeconomic context in Nigeria.
- The regulatory environment and trends: a review of the regulatory setting and agenda for the next 18-24 months as well as relevant developments pertaining to national plan, fiber-backbone network, licensing etc.
- Telecom and pay-TV services market outlook: analysis as well as historical figures and forecasts of service revenue from the fixed telephony, broadband, mobile voice, mobile data, and pay-TV markets.
- The competitive landscape: an examination of the positioning of leading players in the telecom and pay-TV services market as well as subscription market shares across segments.
- Company snapshots: analysis of the financial position of leading service providers in the telecommunications and pay-TV markets.
- Underlying assumptions behind our published base-case forecasts, as well as potential market developments that would alter, either positively or negatively, our base-case outlook.
Key Highlights
- The total telecom and pay-TV service revenue in Nigeria will grow at a CAGR of 5.1%, during 2025-2030, driven by contributions from mobile broadband, fixed broadband, mobile voice, and pay-TV segments.
- Mobile data service revenue will increase at a five-year CAGR of 3.9%, driven by increasing smartphone and mobile internet subscriptions, growing adoption of 4G services, and the promotion of higher ARPU yielding 5G services for data hungry applications, such as video streaming and gaming.
- Fixed broadband service revenue will also increase at a CAGR of 13.9%, driven growth in the adoption of xDSL and fixed wireless, services and strong growth in fiber lines.
Scope
- The total telecom and pay-TV service revenue in Nigeria will grow at a CAGR of 5.1%, during 2025-2030, driven by contributions from mobile broadband, fixed broadband, mobile voice, and pay-TV segments.
- Mobile data service revenue will increase at a five-year CAGR of 3.9%, driven by increasing smartphone and mobile internet subscriptions, growing adoption of 4G services, and the promotion of higher ARPU yielding 5G services for data hungry applications, such as video streaming and gaming.
- Fixed broadband service revenue will also increase at a CAGR of 13.9%, driven growth in the adoption of xDSL and fixed wireless services and strong growth in fiber lines. Pay-TV service revenue will increase at a five-year CAGR of 7.4%, supported by subscription growth in DTT, DTH, and IPTV segments.
Reasons to Buy
- This Country Intelligence Report offers a thorough, forward-looking analysis of Nigeria’s telecommunications markets, service providers and key opportunities in a concise format to help executives build proactive and profitable growth strategies.
- Accompanying the analyst’s Forecast products, the report examines the assumptions and drivers behind ongoing and upcoming trends in Nigeria’s mobile communications, fixed telephony, broadband markets, including the evolution of service provider market shares.
- With more than 20 charts and tables, the report is designed for an executive-level audience, boasting presentation quality.
- The report provides an easily digestible market assessment for decision-makers built around in-depth information gathered from local market players, which enables executives to quickly get up to speed with the current and emerging trends in Nigeria’s telecommunications markets.
- The broad perspective of the report coupled with comprehensive, actionable detail will help operators, equipment vendors and other telecom industry players succeed in the challenging telecommunications market in Nigeria.
Companies Mentioned (Partial List)
A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:
- MTN Nigeria
- Glo Nigeria
- Airtel Nigeria
- 9mobile (T2)
- NITEL
- DStv
- Moreplex Tv
- SLTV
- GoTv
- Startimes
- Starlinks

