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Articles tagged with: Glo Mobile
MTN Nigeria Stretches Market Lead as Glo Consolidates 2nd Place
Nigerian regulator the NCC has released statistics for the second quarter of 2009, revealing that the total customer base stood at 66.42m at the end of June. Annual growth stood at 32.8%, the lowest rate for eight years, although with penetration edging towards 50% (Q2 09: 46.9%) such a slowdown is to be expected. more
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Ghana Commits Not to Award Any More Telecoms Licenses
Ghana's government has decided not to issue any further telecoms licenses, to protect the integrity of the industry. Citing the Minister of Communications, Mr. Haruna Iddrisu the Ghana News Agency said that the country would remain with six operators for the foreseeable future. more
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. more
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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
Related Tags: mms, etisalat, lte, mtn, rcom, cdma, reliance, celtel, visafone, Nigeria
Ghana's Glo Mobile Facing Planning Delays to Network Rollout
Ghana's newest mobile network operator, Glo Mobile has complained that it is suffering problems in rolling out its network due to delays in securing permission from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to install its towers. 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
Related Tags: mms, etisalat, lte, mtn, rcom, cdma, reliance, gsm, celtel, ncc, visafone, Nigeria
Glo Mobile Signs Up 600,000 Subscribers in Two Weeks
Nigeria based Globacom has sold a staggering 600,000 new SIM cards since it launched its new Glo Mobile branded network in Benin just under two weeks ago. The company says that traffic has been significant at its new retail stores as well as 3rd party outlets. more
Related Tags: sim-card, mtn, retail-stores, moov, bell, Benin
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
Related Tags: mtn, celtel, nigerian-communications-commission, ncc, Nigeria
HSDPA Launched in Nigeria's Lagos District
Nigeria's Glo Mobile (Globacom) has expanded its HSDPA coverage to include the Lagos area following approval from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). more
Related Tags: customer-care, 3g-phones, nigerian-communications-commission, text-message, Nigeria
Nigeria's Glo Mobile says that it is ready to launch its 3G network, following the successful test-run of the platform on the Glo network by Alcatel. Globacoms Chief Operating Officer (COO), Mohamed Jameel, announced at a press conference that the company is ready for the commercial launch once they get the clearance from NCC (Nigerian Communication Commission). more