Nigerian operator Globacom, which sells services under the Glo Mobile brand, this week launched the African continent’s first LTE network.
The Nigerian government has approved the $2.5bn sale of a controlling stake in incumbent fixed line carrier Nitel to a consortium including China Unicom and Dubai investment group Minerva.
Nigerian mobile operators Starcomms claimed a world first, with the announcement that it has completed a prepaid inter-standard roaming call between GSM and CDMA networks.
Pan-African network services firm Gateway Communications said Monday it is deploying a point to multipoint microwave network that will deliver last mile broadband connections across Nigeria.
Steven E Evans, CEO, Etisalat Nigeria talks at AfricaCom 2009 telecoms conference and exhibition. Find out more about Etisalat Nigeria and their plans for the future along with his synopsis of AfricaCom.
Nigeria’s government has set a 60-day deadline for the privatisation of the state-owned incumbent telco Nitel, including mobile operation M-Tel. The announcement came on Monday as the Nigerian vice-president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, appointed a new board to the company to oversee its stabilisation.
The telecoms market in West and Central Africa remains vibrant, but the message from last week’s West & Central Africa Com conference, organized in Abuja, Nigeria, by Informa Telecoms & Media, is that business is getting tougher for operators as a consequence of slowing growth rates, increasing competition and falling ARPUs, and the global economic slowdown.
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