Sunday, April 12, 2009

New Trends in Nigerian Telecoms

Nigeria is often identified as the fastest moving economy and one of the most advanced ICT market sectors in the Africa. It has the largest population in Africa, and Nigerian market's high level of sophistication makes it an exciting and attractive market. In just a few years, Nigeria has become the Telecom hotspot for both telecom operators and equipment suppliers.

In 2004, Nigeria now has about five million mobile lines and about one million fixed lines, compared with just about 450,000 working lines from Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) three years ago. Trends are fast changing; the key players are MTN, ZAIN, GLOBACOM, VISAFONE, RELTEL and ETISALAT.

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