MTN controls 55% of Nigeria’s fibre market, but the overall sector remains tiny

MTN Nigeria has emerged as the dominant player in Nigeria’s fibre internet market, but its growing lead masks a bigger problem: fixed broadband remains a tiny part of the country’s internet market. Data from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for June 2026 shows MTN had 176,468 Fibre-To-The-x (FTTx) subscribers, customers connected to the internet through fibre cables that run directly to homes, offices, or buildings. That gave MTN 55.2% of Nigeria’s 319,735 FTTx connections.