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Etisalat, Nigeria’s fastest growing Telecommunications Company, has announced reaching a subscriber base of 10million in three years of its service in Nigeria.  This announcement comes on the heels of the rollout of the 3.75G HSPA+ network and the third anniversary celebration. Chief Executive Officer, Etisalat Nigeria, Steven Evans, said at special event to mark the milestone that the firm had been able to reach the subscriber base due to a robust network rollout and provision of high-quality service wherever it was present.  “We realized early that network coverage and quality of service go hand and hand, and that coverage is a major consideration for subscribers who wish to join our network, so we embarked on an aggressive roll-out campaign to cover 9ja with our quality network. This strategy paid off and has made it possible for us to effectively compete with the older players in this market”. He further explained that from the initial seven launch cities, E...

As part of its commitment to connect the next billion to the internet using mobile technology, Nokia, World’s leading manufacturer of mobile phones has developed a browser that speeds up connection to the internet via the mobile phone. Built with the proxy server technology, access to the internet is at least 90 times faster than the regular browsers that mobile phone users have been accustomed to. Nokia Services Manager for West Africa Mr. Olumide Balogun made this known during an interactive session with journalists in Lagos. He disclosed that the new Nokia browser, which will be preloaded on most Nokia devices, is designed to save consumers money and fit web pages to design screens. Proxy servers take care of the compression before delivering compressed payload to the consumer. According to Mr. Balogun, Nokia Browser compresses and optimizes web content so that consumers can browse the web more quickly and save on data costs. He said the Nokia browser has 3 viewing modes i.e...

Nokia has stated it has a broad portfolio of mobile devices specifically targeted at the African market for its African market. Blanca Juti Nokia’s Vice President Product Marketing Mobile Phones made this known during the just concluded Nokia World conference held in London. According to her, Nokia acknowledges that even though most people in the continent have the aspiration and the need to communicate, not everyone can afford a supper high phone that is why the company has designed a broad range to phone types to meet the needs of these people.   “We obviously as a company have a broad portfolio which goes from the lowest to the highest           range, and since Africa is an emerging market in terms of Smartphone users, the company’s focus is to design various phones to meet their consumers aspirations,” Blanca Juti said. Nokia is a global leader in mobile communications whose products have become an integral part of the lives of people aro...

Nigeria’s fastest growing telecommunication company, Etisalat Nigeria, has announced the kick-off of its Blackberry week as a demonstration of its commitment to thrill current and prospective customers on the Blackberry service. Starting 1st of November 2011, Blackberry week is designed to reward customers with exciting prizes as they make Blackberry related purchases from any of the experience centres in Lagos. Chief Commercial Officer, Etisalat Nigeria, Wael Ammar, said the Blackberry week is to encourage customers to visit the Etisalat experience centres for their genuine devices and other Blackberry related purchases at a reward. According to Ammar, “this exercise is an opportunity to reward our customers with exciting gifts and prizes as soon as they make a purchase. The gifts on offers are in different categories depending on the items bought. The Blackberry week will among other things provide subscribers with the opportunity of getting genuine devices and other pro...

The worldwide mobile phone market grew 12.8 per cent year over year in the third quarter of 2011 according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker. The report also said smartphone growth declined in key mature markets as vendors shipped 393.7 million units in the third quarter of 2011, compared to 348.9 million units in the same quarter previous year, the tracker said. The IDC report also showed that the 12.8% growth was higher than its forecast of 9.3% for the quarter and stronger than the 9.8% growth in 2Q11, a reflection of delayed smartphone purchases and conservative consumer spending last quarter. The shipment volume declined on a year-over-year basis in economically mature regions, such as the US and Western Europe, which were hardest hit. IDC's Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker senior research analyst Kevin Restivo said the combination of economic uncertainty and anticipation over fourth quarter or late third quarter product...