all na the same, as long as they deliver, and vivendi pls hire the i.t staff that zain retrenched,

They should chase them out if they cant stay one place. how many names

i said it before and now look at what is happening to Econet - Zain askrababa, in shot am having headace Vivi or what i that name agian, we expecting good network service.

They will soon change to my name

No No No No No, this is the Breaking News that i have been Expecting to hear from ZAIN okay what is the name this time around Vivendi of the universe and am very sure that this communication company will help them out? by now My Jr.sister will be disappointed by join the world of the ZAIN

alobayes

no they will change to my name next -GEORGE_D TELECOMMS INTL

LOLZ, They will soon change to ARMANI!!!

armani as in giorgio?

Oops! Again?
I joined d netwk during d days of vmobile,I can boldly say they remain my best till date.By now d news shouldn't com as a shock cos  we are used 2 changing names,its just dat ppl on d oder netwks tackle us on dis.Vivendi or zizendi,as 4 me am  not bothered as long as I keep enjoying good service.vmobile is still d logo on my phone.
Peace out nairalanders. [color=#006600][/color]

zain the best? probably in dreamland!

What is the problem with dis network?

WELL ZAIN HAVE TO LET US KNOW(CUSTOMERS) THAT THE ARE SELLING US OUT BY TEXT AT LEAST IF THE HAVE RESPECT FOR US SUBCRIBES, WELL NO BIG DEAL JUST THAT WE ARE TIRED OF CHANGING NAMES PLS ZAIN OFFCIALS, THANK YOU BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOUR MANAGERING CREW WE BE BETTER THAN BEFORE

From Econet to Vodacom to vodago-Vmobile-Celtel-Zain and the newest name would be Vivian. I don tire

We don die o.
abeg any person dt buy ds coy should please live us with ds ZAIN name,ZAIN is enough for us.

IMO $12billlion dollars is too small to buy d whole Zain Africa
but i ges Vivendi Ng's not a bad name sha

hmm na wha oo; Econet buddy, to celtel, to Zain, now to vivendi, na econet, if the foudation be faulty, what can be done?

Y do u want to disapoint us,We ur subscribers.Text us and tell us d tru.[color=#990000][/color]

Vivendi pulls out of Zain deal

The much talked about $10 billion Zain take over by Vivendi has been halted, with French media giant, saying the deal was inconsistent with its financial criteria.

‘Vivendi has applied its usual criteria of profitability and financial discipline to this potential investment in emerging markets, in the best interest of its shareholders,” the company statement said.

Zain Group, the Kuwaiti based mobile telecommunication company with operations in 22 countries in Middle East and Africa, has been in negotiations with Vivendi for weeks now. The sale would have marked another turning point in Kenya’s second largest and oldest mobile services provider’s colourful history. In Kenya Zain began life as Kenya Cellular Communications Ltd, or Kencell a joint venture between Vivendi of France and Sameer Investments of Kenya. Sameer is controlled by Naushad N. Merali, one of Kenya’s wealthiest investors and former President Daniel Arap Moi.

At the time, the shareholding in Kencell was 40 percent for Vivendi and 60 percent for Sameer, in line with regulations of the Communications Commission of Kenya. Between 2000 and 2003, Kencell grew very fast due to its high quality voice and data network.
But poor revenue and high operational costs saw Kencell post huge losses in the period between 2003 and 2004. After the string of losses and stunted growth of the operator in 2005 Vivendi opted out of the venture selling off her 40 percent stake in Kencell to Celtel International.

The buyout saw the operator rebrand to Celtel Kenya. Vivendi had aimed to boost its presence in Africa, where it already holds a 53% stake in Morocco’s Maroc Telecom. Zain has some 65 million subscribers in all, with 40 million across Africa.

http://www.itnewsafrica.com/?p=2910

let them continue discussing