Mobile operators started massive rollout of infrastructure via fiber optics, base transceiver stations, etcetera, with attendant adverts cum commercials to outfox rivals and dominate the market. Interconnectivity grew bigger. Mobile phone manufacturers discovered a gold mine in Nigeria because of the sudden upsurge in demand of phones and accessories from importers.
It was a humongous project that needed courage and resources to execute. Chief Mike Adenuga midwifed it. Globacom is the second biggest mobile operator in terms of subscriber base—with over 50 million active lines. The nationalistic roles played by Chief Mike Adenuga are not lost on Nigerians. The timly entrance of Glo in the race broke the duopoly, created a highly competitive market and fast-tracked telecommunications connectivity in the country.
Twenty years down the line, Nigerians have unfettered access to voice and data communications. Internet penetration is moving at the speed of light. Nigeria has become a huge market for smartphones, with a forecast placing smartphone usage at 40 million by Online banking, e-commerce, e-conferences, tele-medicine, etcetera, have been made possible.
Jobs and wealth have been created online. Life has been literally made easier. Nigerians have been given a voice—social media. Internet access, coupled with availability of affordable smartphones, have made social media the new media in Nigeria.
The hitherto untapped potential of Nigerian youths has been unleashed on social media. Information dissemination has been liberalised. Traditional media houses are competing with social media influencers and public relations managers.
Social media has become the new court of public opinion. He changed the game, even without taking the credit. Beyond telecom industry, he is one of the biggest employers of labour in the country with diversified interests in other sectors such as oil and gas, banking, etcetera.
Your email address will not be published. Those who are familiar with the computer environment could transfer such pictures to screen savers, send them to others via the internet or print them with colour printers. GSM handsets have become mobile album of some sorts.
Others are with built-in radio for news, sports, music and entertainment in an attempt to replace transistor radio. It could be carried from one place to the other without interference with incoming calls or messages thereby making users to be up-to-date with information as they unfold in the course of the study. Journalists have come to appreciate the immense contributions of GSM to their work of news gathering, telephone interviews and reporting have become common place especially in the electronic media as well as video clips and photographs on the spot to support new stories.
The GSM handsets are equipped with calculator that could take up 12 digits, calendars beyond , time, date, torch light, alarm clock, browser, and many more.
Advertisers are catching in on the GSM revolution as products and services are regularly advertised through the GSM thereby boosting sales and increasing profits for the growth of the economy. For want of relaxation or fun, facilities like games are abundant on GSM handsets to task minds and relax the individuals. GSM has reduced the cost of doing business as it has shortened distances, bridged gaps between business associates, facilitate work coordination, manage time effectively thereby increasing productivity.
The introduction of the GSM makes appointments more re-assuming as cancellations of meetings are immediately communicated. Business in Nigeria has improved with the introduction of GSM, goods time, goods and services are delivered in good time, delays are better managed and crisis are timely averted.
Families have become closer than ever through the use of GSM, information is passed easily to members, especially when partners are staying apart due to work, school or other challenges. Equally important feature of the GSM is the ability to connect to the internet with the Blackberry.
This has made communication a lot easier for business men and women and others who require the internet to do their work. The Blackberry gives access to the World Wide Web in any location within or outside the work environment. Seasonal greetings, religious messages, invitation to ceremonies and others have found a safe heaven with the GSM because it saves time, money to use the electronic device than the conventional methods of invitation or seasonal cards.
Without mincing words, communication is a major driver of any economy. Nigeria is not left out in the race for rapid development, as the years of economic reversal via management have had of adverse effects on its rate of growth and development. The Nigerian telecommunication sector was grossly under — developed before the sector was deregulated under the military regime in with the establishment of a regulatory body, the Nigerian Communication Commission NCC.
Since then, the NCC has issued various licenses to private telephone operators PTOs to roll out both fixed wireless telephone lines and analogue mobile phones.
Your Company. Your Country Select Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Pierre and Miquelon St. The first mobile cellular services began in with Mtel, but was elitist and restricted in every way.
Later, other CDMA operators offered limited mobile phone services as a small segment of their bouquet of services. Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search. Press ESC to cancel.
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