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Articles tagged with: Celtel and Mtn
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. By comparison, Q4 07 saw an increase of 3.39m and the 2007 boost was 11.92m. Meanwhile, the latest figures from Nigerian regulator the NCC show that at the end of January the total had risen to 64.16m. more
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Kenya's Subscriber Growth Reaches 40% in 2008
The Kenyan market saw some major developments in the second half of 2008: in Q3, fixed operator Telkom Kenya launched a mobile network, and in the last quarter of the year, Econet Wireless finally managed to get up and running, more than five years after it was first awarded a licence. At the end of 2008, there were 15.90m mobile customers in Kenya. Annual net additions stood at 4.55m, up from 4.08m a year earlier, but proportionate growth fell from 56.0% to 40.1%. Fourth-quarter net additions increased from 0.65m in Q4 07 to 1.37 in Q4 08. more
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Econet Denies MTN Interest in Kenyan Network
Econet Wireless Kenya, which trades under the Yu brandname, has refuted local media reports that South Africa's MTN has offered US$450 for a stake in the company. The reports are "rumors," Chief Executive Officer Srinivasa Iyengar told reporters in Nairobi. The story emerged in Kenya's Standard newspaper. more
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Nigeria's Bullish Growth Continues in Fourth Quarter
Nigeria's telecoms regulator the NCC has reported customer numbers for the fourth quarter of 2008. The total customer base reached 62.99m at the end of the year having increased by 55.9% annually. On a quarterly basis, net additions stood at 7.15m, only just short of the national and continental record of 7.38m, set in Q2 08. more
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Nigeria's Second Best Quarter for Subscriber Growth
Nigeria's Q3 08 growth could not match the record-breaking levels seen in the previous quarter, when 7.38m new connections were added - more than double the best figure recorded in any other African nation. However, its third-quarter boost of 4.11m was the second best figure ever recorded in the market, which is particularly impressive given that one of the top three operators, Glo, suffered a loss of 0.6m customers in the quarter. At the end of Q3, there were 55.8m connections in Nigeria, up 51% year on year with annual net additions of 18.8m. more
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Zain Employing 8,000 Staff to Protect its Base Stations
Zain Nigeria says that it is now running back up power generators in the bulk of its 3,600 base stations in the country due to continuing problems with the national electricity supply. The company added that it is burning 450 liters of diesel every second to keep its mobile towers operational. more
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Celtel Plans $70 Million Expansion in Zambia
celtel Zambia has announced plans to spend some US$70 million on its network this year in an effort to boost its subscriber base from 2.3 million to 2.7 million. Announcing its first results since the company was listed on the local stock exchange, the firm reported net profit for the six months to June rose to ZMK118.3 billion (US$34.3 million) compared to ZMK102.9 billion (US$29.9 million) in the same period last year. more
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Nigerian Operator Starts Compensation Payments
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Celtel Zambia Listed on Local Stock Exchange
celtel Zambia has been listed on the Lusaka Stock Exchange in an IPO which valued the company at nearly US$1.2 billion after the shares jumped by 13% in early trading. celtel is only the 19th company to be listed on the local stock exchange. more
Related Tags: zain, ipo, zamtel, Zambia
Nigerian Operator Subscriber Base Slumps Following Recount
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently began releasing information on the number of active subscribers in Nigeria, and as a result we have adjusted the figures in The Mobile World Database to give a more accurate depiction of the market. This was a crucial revision, not least because the NCC reported a rapid rise in the inactivity level in the final quarter of the year: from 15.9% at the end of Q3, it reached 26.9% at year-end. more
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