The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Sunday  reveals  that the active subscribers in Nigeria's telecommunications industry 
increased by 340,525 for the month of January 2016 bringing active telecom subscribers in the country to a total of  151,357,769.
The regulatory body during  in its Monthly Subscriber Data briefing in Lagos equally stated that active lines for January 2016 stood at 151,357,769 as against 151,017,244 in December 2015. Other details: 

                       Jan '16          Dec '15           Nov '15
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Total Active Lines
Mobile (GSM)    149,022,919  148,681,362  149,787,120

Mobile (CDMA)      2,147,982      2,148,727      2,149,120

Fixed 
Wired/Wireless         186,868         187,155         186,772

Total                 151,357,769   151,017,244   152,123,172

Teledensity                108.11           107.87           108.66
The chart revealed that the teledensity of the country’s telecommunications industry increased to 108.11 per cent in January, from 107.87% in the month of December.

 The teledensity statistics measure the percentage of a country’s population with access to telecommunications services as determined from the subscriber base.

 Nigeria’s teledensity is currently calculated by the NCC on a population of 140 million people. TheLedgerng reports that there is an increase of 0.24% in the teledensity of Nigeria in January.