Current Market Situation in the Nigerian Telecommunication Market
Hi again, This is an overview of the telecommunication market situation in Nigeria for the year that has just ended 2010. The information source is mainly from the latest release from NCC. It did not capture the the last quarter of 2011. Globacom, has emerged the number two operator by subscriber number and grossed over 3.7 million lines more than Airtel Nigeria, in one of the major telecoms market upsets emerging out of the 2010 telephone subscriber information released by the industry regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). It was earlier thought that the emergence of Bharti Airtel into the Nigerian market will stir up vibrant competition. This has not happened as Airtel has not shown a clear strategy for the Nigerian market having acquired Zain in 2009. The market information, which usually offers insight into the state of things in the telecoms market as regard market performance of operators using key indicator of subscriber numbers, provides a barometer for measu...