Cell phones in Nigeria
Phone Networks in Nigeria |
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Latest Telecoms News from Nigeria |
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Etisalat Nigeria Passed One Million Subscriber Mark Etisalat Nigeria, the country's newest GSM mobile network operator, has announced that it has passed the one million subscriber mark - less than nine months after the company launched its services in the country....Zain Nigeria CEO Calls for Lighter Regulations The CEO of Zain Nigeria has urged the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to relax the regulatory obligations of operators to enable the industry take full advantage of the growth opportunities in the country's burgeoning telecommunications market....Nigerian Operator Plans $700 Million CDMA Network Investment Nigerian CDMA network operator, GiCell Wireless says that it plans to spend over US$700 million over the next three years to expand its rural coverage....Ericsson Wins Nigerian Network Management Contract Ericsson says that it has won a five-year network management contract with Zain Nigeria. Under the agreement, Ericsson will be responsible for the network operations, field operations including optimization, third-party vendor management for Zain's GSM/WCDMA networks, and business support systems....Nigerian Operator Orders WiMAX Infrastructure Nigeria's Mobitel has contracted Alvarion to deploy a WiMAX network in under-served areas throughout the country. ...U.S. consumers view the most data-intensive pages on the mobile Web Mobile web browser developer. Opera has noted that in April 2009, Opera Mini had over 23.4 million users, up more than 140% compared to April 2008. Opera Mini users viewed nearly 8.7 billion pages in April 2009....Etisalat Signs Satellite Backhaul Deal for Nigerian Network Africa's Gateway Communications says that it has been awarded a contract to provide Etisalat with cellular backhaul for its Nigerian mobile network....MTN Group Subscriber Base Jumps 8% in Three Months South Africa based MTN Group has published an update of its global subscriber based and recorded 98.2 million customers at 31 March 2009. This is an 8% increase for the quarter from 90.65 million subscribers recorded at the end of last year....Nigeria - Total Market Grows to 63m as Penetration Hits 45% The Nigerian mobile market's bullish growth showed no signs of abating in Q4 08. Quarterly net additions of 7.15m took the total number of customers over 60m, with a year-end figure of 62.99m, while the annual gain stood at 22.59m....Nigerian telecom operator, MegaTech Networks says that it plans to invest at least US$500 million to roll out a CDMA based network across 23 of the country's 36 states.... |
