LAGOS, Nigeria – Kamfanin sadarwa na 9mobile yana fuskantar matsananciyar faduwar kaso a kasuwar sadarwa ta Najeriya, inda ya kai kashi 1.9% kawai na masu amfani da sabis ɗinsa, wanda shine mafi ƙanƙanta a tarihinsa. Bayanai daga Hukumar Sadarwa ta Najeriya (NCC) sun nuna cewa, yayin da sauran kamfanonin ke ƙara yawan masu amfani, 9mobile ya tsaya cikakke a kan masu amfani miliyan 3.2.
Rikicin bai faru ba kwatsam. Tun daga shekarar 2015, lokacin da 9mobile ya riƙe kashi 15.7% na kasuwa tare da masu amfani miliyan 23.4, kamfanin ya fara raguwa. A shekarar 2022, adadin masu amfani ya ragu zuwa miliyan 12.8, kuma a watan Satumba na 2024, wani bincike na NCC ya rage kaso nasa zuwa kashi 2%. Yanzu, yana da kashi 1.9% kawai.
Dalilin faduwar kaso ya samo asali ne saboda rashin ingantaccen sabis na intanet da kuma ƙarancin ci gaban hanyoyin sadarwa. A cikin shekaru biyu da suka gabata, fiye da masu amfani 7,000 sun bar 9mobile saboda matsalolin intanet. A watan Satumba na 2024, saurin zazzagewa na 9mobile ya kasance ƙasa da na sauran kamfanonin sadarwa a Najeriya.
Deolu Ogunbanjo, shugaban ƙungiyar masu amfani da sabis na sadarwa ta ƙasa (NATCOMS), ya bayyana cewa 9mobile zai iya dawowa kan gaba idan ya sami sabbin hanyoyin samun kuɗi. Duk da haka, sabon mai shi, Light House Telecom, wanda ya karɓi ikon sarrafa kamfanin a watan Yuli na 2024, bai yi wani babban aiki ba don inganta sabis ɗin ko kuma ya nuna niyyar samun kuɗi.
Wannan ba shine karo na farko da 9mobile ke fuskantar matsalolin ba. A shekarar 2018, kamfanin ya yi ƙoƙarin samun sabbin hanyoyin samun kuɗi amma ya kasa. Yanzu, tambaya ita ce, shin Light House Telecom za ta iya canza yanayin kafin ya yi latti?
