At the launch of its latest
smart phone series, TECNO
P3, mobile phone maker
TECNO has disclosed plans to
build plant in Nigeria.
The Vice President of TECNO
group, Mr. Arif Chowdhury
who made the disclosure
Tuesday during an
interactive session with
journalists at the launch of
the product said that ,
“Nigeria is TECNO’s biggest
market in terms of volume
and Lagos will be the
location of the plant because
Lagos is not just the
commercial nerve centre of
Nigeria but also the
economic capital of Africa,”.
He added that the company
was still waiting for right
policies of government on
duty structure for mobile
phone import to finalize their
plans in building the plant.
Also speaking on the
proposed plant, the Public
Relations Manager of TECNO,
Boukali Mounir noted that
the company wants to build
the plant in Nigeria not just
to advance its economic
interest but also to show
that the company is
interested in having long
term investment in Nigeria
and to give back to the
society.
He said that building the
new phone plant would
generate employment
opportunities for Nigerians,
adding that, “We want to be
seen as long term investors
and we want to do more
than selling phones.
It is also a way of giving back
to the society as the project
will generate thousands of
job opportunities for
Nigerians,’ he said.
At the launch of the new
smart phone, etisalat
unveiled a twelve-month
special promotion for its
subscribers offering100MB
free data bundle on
purchase of a TECNO P3
smartphone.
However, the TECNO P3
launched in partnership with
Etisalat is an entry-level
smartphone that runs on
Android 2.3Gingerbread
operating system, and
powered by Qualcomm
Snapdragon MSM7225A
processor to offer users the
best 3G smartphone
experience, good battery life,
and easy access to the
Internet and multiple social
networks.
Speaking on the partnership,
the Vice President of TECNO
Group, Mr.ArifChowdhury
said, “we realized that
internet savvy Nigerians are
in dire need of a 0fast,
innovative and seamless
internet experience. These
experiences are what TECNO
P3 smartphone brings, and
that also informs why we
partnered with etisalat”.
He explained that
consumers can choose either
the etisalat customized
version available at etisalat
Experience Centers and its
partner retailers, or buy the
un-customized version from
TECNO’s partner retailers
nationwide and it comes
with the same data bundle
offer as the customized
version.
For WaelAmmar, Chief
Commercial Officer of etisalat
Nigeria, the
telecommunication industry
has seen an increased
demand for data and
smartphones in recent times,
adding that it was
important for network
providers and phone
manufacturers to continue to
collaborate and initiate
products and services to
satisfy this needs.
“etisalat’s fast easyblaze,
3.75G broadband service
combined with these TECNO
phones is yet another
example of our continuous
effort to bring our customers
easy access to the internet. ”
he said.
Similarly, Alex Dadson,
Sr.Director of Business
Development for Qualcomm
West Africa, said, “Our
partnership with TECNO in
manufacturing smartphones
according to the Qualcomm
Reference Design (QRD)
continues to offer the
Nigerian market the best 3G
smartphone experience.
QRD is the only program of
its kind that brings together
the value of the mobile
industry leader with specific
products, features and
programs for emerging
markets. TECNO’s P3
leverages the power of
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon
processor to give consumers
an affordable smartphone
that delivers a superior user
experience.”
Speaking also about the
smart phone, Mr. Mounir,
disclosed that the TECNO P3
is an all touch screen smart
phone that is WiFi enabled.
“It has shortcuts to
Facebook, Google Play Store,
Gmail, Yahoo and Opera Mini.
Above all, it is a Dual-SIM
standby model with 3G/2G
connectivity which makes
users’ internet experience
more interesting” Mounir”
he explained.
It would be recalled that
TECNO and etisalat had
earlier introduced a co-
branded Dual SIM phone
T341 alongside the amazing
12 months free data bundle
offer for a range of TECNO
smartphones & internet
phones which include N7,
Q1, P3, T756, T736& T608.