MTN Nigeria raises the stakes, acquires VGC Comms

THE year 2007 forecast by industry analysts predicted great hope for the telecom sector in Nigeria based on growth trends and urban-rural penetration expectation. And with only few weeks into the year, surprise is the one word to describe renewed investment flow into the sector, first with the Middle Eastern firm Mobadala, expending a princely 400 million dollars for a unified telecom licence and now, the country’s leading telecom provider MTN Nigeria Communications’ successful acquisition of a 100 per cent shareholding of VGC Telecommunications Limited, from erstwhile owners, Modern Communication Technologies Inc. (MCT) Gilbratar, Tele- communication arm of Globe International Holdings S.A. Read more

NCC confirms 30m subscribers, as Mubadala pays $400m

MIDDLE Eastern telecommunications provider, Mubadala Development Company of the United Arab Emirates, UAE has made good its promise to be part of the telecom revolution in Nigeria as it paid 400 million dollars last week to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for a Unified Access Service Liscence operation. read more

Nigeria set to displace SA as Africa’s largest mobile market

Nigeria is on course to be Africa’s largest mobile market. With a mobile subscriber base of some 25 million at the end of September, it is closing in on its biggest rival for the title, South Africa according to a survey by GSM World Focus Online. read more .