Authority shows a fast growing subscriber base of Mobile Data in the country with Nigeria-headquatered Globacom leading the list of highest gaining telecommunication companies.

The statistics of the Mobile Data Market Trends, which are for the month of August, showed that Ghana’s  total subscriber base upped to 14,615,048 with Glo leading the line with 86,227 new subscriptions, followed by Tigo with 56,248 MTN with 53,325 and Airtel with 36,897. Vodafone Ghana however suffered a significant decline losing a whooping 387,600 subscribers. Also recording dwindling clients was Expresso who lost 1,123 subscribers, thus ending August with a customer base of 36,135

MTN however remains the largest telco in Ghana by mobile data subscriber base commanding 7,763,273 subscriptions in comparison Glo’s relatively meagre 584,222 subscriber base.

Tigo and Airtel share a similar subscriber size with 2,097,558 and 2,066,155 respectively, Vodafone’s fall means it also shares similar figures with the aforementioned with 2,067,705 subscribers.

Mobile data use is growing fast in sub-Saharan Africa with West Africa and Southern Africa accounting for the biggest portion of mobile users.  While Nigeria and South Africa are the biggest countries for number of mobile subscriptions, Ghana Congo and Uganda are among the countries enjoying the most growth.

Between 2012 and 2013 mobile data use doubled in sub-Saharan Africa and that figure is forecast to nearly double year-on-year over most of the next six years, according to a report by Swedish company Ericsson released in June. The company expects mobile subscriptions to increase from 551 million in 2013 to 930 million by the end of 2019. Sub-Saharan Africa’s mobile penetration of 70% is fast approaching the global rate of 92%, Ericsson says.