(Special Report) From Nigeria to Ghana, MTN now spectrum warehouse of W’Africa
Since its outward investment from South Africa to Nigeria in 2001 and later in Ghana, MTN group has stepped up telecoms revolution in the West African economies starting with voice and lately, data. Recall that after rounds of stakeholders’ fears…
Did MTN buy Visafone with spectrum or only brand infrastructure?
When Visafone saw the handwriting on the wall that validity of CDMA in Nigeria is expiring, the core investor and chairman of Zenith Bank, Mr. Jim Ovia sold the company on 100 per cent equity to MTN in 2015. Whereas…
NCC plans public forum on transfer of Visafone resources to MTN on Monday
More than two years after its acquisition of Visafone, MTN Nigeria may be on its way to take full delivery of resources formally belonging to the defunct leading Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology player. Before now, the new owner,…
Can Ovia stir disruptions to begin second missionary journey with 9Moblie?
Though very limited number of analysts can direct their guesses along this line, it may not be out place for the young smart driven banker, Mr. Jim Ovia to take a second chance in the Nigerian telecoms industry. Given his…
What if Globacom or Dangote buys Etisalat to rest loan default crisis, grow sector?
Crack analysts and deep pocket pundits in the nation’s telecoms sector have started putting figures, trends and happenstances together on a tactical way forward that can better the lot of the industry in Nigeria. One of their proposals is tilting…
