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MTN Nigeria Earns 2.5× Airtel's Data Revenue but Airtel Grows Faster

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MTN Nigeria earns approximately 2.5 times the data revenue of Airtel Nigeria, though Airtel is growing its data business faster, revealing a diverging competitive trajectory in Africa's largest telecoms market.

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MTN Nigeria earns 2.5 times Airtel’s data revenue, but Airtel grows faster · nairametrics.com · T2

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