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MTN DOMINATES MOBILE PHONE USAGE IN NIGERIA

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A survey of the telecommunication sector has revealed that a higher proportion of Nigerians use two phone lines, with 76 percent having MTN as their main line. The result of the survey by NOI Polls in Abuja shows that subscribers use two phone lines either registered under one network provider or under two different ones, The Independent reported.
This trend has been consistent from 2012 to 2014, but a 5-point reduction in the proportion of Nigerians in this category was seen from 2012 to 2013 and a 3 point increase in 2014. An assessment placed MTN as the most frequently used network in the past two years (2012-2013) and even in present times, although subscription to this provider has consistently declined within this period.
Rates for use of other networks were 45 percent for Airtel (up from 39 percent), 33 percent for Etisalat, 28 percent for Glo and 1 percent for Visafone. Airtel was the only network that has seen a considerable growth in the proportion of its users. This increase may have been driven by its cheaper tariffs.
The survey also found that 15 percent of mobile subscribers indicated Airtel as their main line, 5 percent indicated Glo, and 4 percent of subscribers use Etisalat as their main line. NOI Polls also said that 64 percent of mobile phone users across all networks are getting value for money from their main network provider in terms of quality of network services (27%), bonus offers (25%) and cheaper tariff (23%).


MTN CLAIMS 13 BILLION DOLLARS INVESTMENT



TECNO TO LAUNCH $30 SMART-PHONE IN NIGERIA
set to launch a low-cost mobile device during the course of 2015. According to the mobile device manufacturer, the device is expected to retail for $30 USD.
While no date has been given for the launch of the device, Arif Choudhary, VP of Tecno Group, stated that: “Tecno Mobile has tried to bring budget smartphones and data phones to Africa. Every month in Nigeria, it can shift 1.3 million to 1.5 million devices.”
IT News Africa recently published the 10 benefits of the $50 USD smartphone. This goes to show that mobile device manufacturers are definitely taking up the challenge to provide affordable devices to the African mobile sector.
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MTN CLAIMS 13 BILLION DOLLARS INVESTMENT

Within Nigeria, MTN provides network coverage to 74.56 percent of Nigeria’s land mass, and about 87.15 percent of the population has access to MTN services.

According to MTN Nigeria, the company has invested USD 13 Billion in fixed assets and facilities nationwide in its thirteen years of operation in the country.
MTN is set to renew its license by 2016 in Nigeria and currently has a 45 percent market share with 58.2 million subscribers, This is according to the latest statistics from regulator NCC. MTN has stated that it has the most extensive network coverage, spread across 3,649 cities, town and villages in all 36 states of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The Guardian revealed that, within Nigeria, MTN provides network coverage to 74.56 percent of Nigeria’s land mass, and about 87.15 percent of the population has access to MTN services. MTN operates an extensive distribution chain with 78 trade partners and an information distribution chain of over 450 walk-in centres across Nigeria.
MTN has stated that: “Our corporate social responsibility foundation has invested over NGN 10 billion in 341 projects sites in the 36 states of the country and the FCT, funded by up to 1 percent of MTN’s spretax profit.”
The MTN Group has also graced the headlines this week. MTN Group has noted that a tribunal of independent arbitrators has ruled against Turkish mobile operator Turkcell, in the investor-state arbitration under a bilateral investment treaty case held in terms of the rules of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).