Mobile Communications Technology in Nigeria
Overview
Deregulation (in 2001) of the mobile phone market has led to the introduction of GSM mobile network providers operating on the 900/1800 MHz spectrum, MTN Nigeria, Celtel Nigeria, Globacom and MTel. Use of cell-phones have soared, and have mostly replaced the unreliable Nitel operated fixed-line phones. The current estimate lies at about 38,000,000 mobile phones (April 2007).
It is widely acclaimed that Nigeria has one of the fastest growing telecom industries in the world. |
