Barbsamiin:
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It is like stealing money in a room and hide it somewhere in the same room, if they get bursted all the properties would be ceased and return to the government.
BOOM.....!!!

Na real sha. If all your assets are in Nigeria if u have political issues with the govt in power they will make sure they frustrate u

deji17:


Exactly. Especially Telecoms business. What better way to spy on a country than that?

Wetin them want spy for Nigeria, wetin u know way Nigeria get?

Abi e get one tech Nigeria get way dem want steal the idea?

Or weapon Nigeria get way dem want steak the design?

Espionage is only committed in countries that have something to offer, not countries that can't power itself for 10hours straight

Do you know that the smell of fufu on your hand lasts longer than 1.5gb MTN data bundle?

edoairways:

Is the population of US the same with Africa?

What's your argument ? The population of Nigeria alone is less than 150 million people away from the USA

edoairways:
You want to compete in a saturated market? I pity una

So oga you think say na you get sense pass the many expats when dey advice the company?

They have to brace up to survive the competition they are going to meet.

Welcome To Nigeria

Seems they're eyeing Anglophone Africa now. South Africa is next.

edoairways:

We don't for now. A new entrance may not make any meaningful impact. Etisalat tried it but fell along the way.

I disagree with you, first of all why do we pay like ₦6 per min for calls, there's a ₦3 /₦3.5k interconnection fee, the remaining ₦2.5k IHS and ATC gets a chunk from it as per Telecom using Thier infrastructure then the reminder is used by the Telco.

Now NCC removed the floor pricing for Telcos sometimes in 2017/18 which means you can go a slow as you want, na your business. Smile came in with their VOIP voice calls, it allows you to have a number on their network, let's say you travel to US or UK. You will receive calls in that line, if someone is calling your line from Nigeria there's no roaming charges to be paid by either party, you can see how Technology has changed the landscape

Lagos state government is currently installing fibre optics round the state as part of their broadband initiatives, if Orange decides not to play in the Telco space, they can lease the fibre service from Lagos state to provide Triple Play to Lagos residents, all they will be doing is paying for an infrastructure they are leasing.

Now you see that no matter what, there are numerous opportunities to come into the sector, the sectors opportunities is yet to be tapped na surface all the current ones dey

We need a difference in our telecommunications industry...imagine MTN such a frustrating network.. Sigh?!

edoairways:
You want to compete in a saturated market? I pity una

You think the market is saturated? What do u think will happen when they give you data at better prices and faster internet services. What i mean is 4g that is actually 4g (not the breeze Airtel/MTN/GLO is sellingto us)and 4g lte thats 4g lte. Not the so called 4g lte we're getting thats not faster than the 2g in Europe. Everybody will port

Pls we need you here

sexiestharam:
This is actually the best time for them to come. Just give us affordable and quick Internet services at incredible prices. Most young Nigerians would port because Airtel, glo, MTN, Smile, Spectranet and Co are all bulls*it!!

There would not be any difference because NCC is the reason you pay much for calls and data.

Will be better than Airtel scammers

Wow good news

Coldie:

Wetin them want spy for Nigeria, wetin u know way Nigeria get?

Abi e get one tech Nigeria get way dem want steal the idea?

Or weapon Nigeria get way dem want steak the design?

Espionage is only committed in countries that have something to offer, not countries that can't power itself for 10hours straight

I don't look down on my country. Rumour has it that France is working with Boko Haram. They are supplying them with intel and possibly ammunition, etc.

they are highly welcome...

Grant Thornton Nigeria will be their external Auditor.

thanks to God!

Blackfriday:
Operating a business in Nigeria is very hard cos of its policies and corruption riddled government officials. The parent company of etisalat only gave a fraction of it's business module to the Nigerian branch (more like a franchise), unlike MTN who moved there operational head quarters to Nigeria because they had a bigger market in Nigeria than south Africa.

Etisalat never operated fully in there capacity as a multi Telecom company in Nigeria, they only allowed the Nigerian branch to tap on there digital network for operations and that for me limited their operations to the standard already been set by MTN and GLO and we know you can't beat the other guys when they are the ones setting the pace for you.

But I believe orange can do more if they don't follow the same setup as the other Telecoms.

Yeah! Let's see how it plays

Nbote:


Wat is saturated about d Nigerian market for example? These networks know dey do not really have any competition dats y dey can afford to run their customer base anyhow.. The only problem dey will have to contend with is d frustration from the govt

I disagree. The Nigerian Market is saturated. Very few people are willing to hey a new line. Even with porting, how many people have actually done that.

As for the wishful thinking on cheap data, nothing can be cheaper than the cost of production in the private sector. They exist for profit and not to dash us data.

A new entrant will have to recover the cost of its investment. Mtn, Glo and Airtel by now should have broken even and recovered all the cost used to acquire license and expand. Therefore their marginal cost of 1MB or 1 minute is very low. A new operator will have high marginal costs and therefore can't charge lower than the market.

Ramos16:


What's your argument ? The population of Nigeria alone is less than 150 million people away from the USA

You made reference to the population of US and I refute that by comparing their population to Africa. That a business strive in country a doesn't mean it would in country b. Policies in USA made them had several telecom service providers but ours isn't favourable

opeey:

there is nothing saturated in telecoms industry in Nigeria, if they have better offer in terms of call rate, low and effective data plan with good customer care. they don't even need mast.. All they will do is to use satellite to cover all cities in Nigeria.

These are not feasible for now

octavian:

I disagree with you, first of all why do we pay like ₦6 per min for calls, there's a ₦3 /₦3.5k interconnection fee, the remaining ₦2.5k IHS and ATC gets a chunk from it as per Telecom using Thier infrastructure then the reminder is used by the Telco.

Now NCC removed the floor pricing for Telcos sometimes in 2017/18 which means you can go a slow as you want, na your business. Smile came in with their VOIP voice calls, it allows you to have a number on their network, let's say you travel to US or UK. You will receive calls in that line, if someone is calling your line from Nigeria there's no roaming charges to be paid by either party, you can see how Technology has changed the landscape

Lagos state government is currently installing fibre optics round the state as part of their broadband initiatives, if Orange decides not to play in the Telco space, they can lease the fibre service from Lagos state to provide Triple Play to Lagos residents, all they will be doing is paying for an infrastructure they are leasing.

Now you see that no matter what, there are numerous opportunities to come into the sector, the sectors opportunities is yet to be tapped na surface all the current ones dey

In reference to interconnectivity rates, the service providers must make profit. The profitability level is low at that rate hence the slight increase in call rates . Glo for example charges N9/min depending on your tariff plan.

xjiggy:
You think the market is saturated? What do u think will happen when they give you data at better prices and faster internet services. What i mean is 4g that is actually 4g (not the breeze Airtel/MTN/GLO is sellingto us)and 4g lte thats 4g lte. Not the so called 4g lte we're getting thats not faster than the 2g in Europe. Everybody will port

Won't they make profit? Are they here to dash you cheap data? The same issue the other networks suffer will hamper them as well. Poor electricity, vandalism, difficulty in accessing right of way, etc.

And besides telecoms services in Nigeria is actually cheap. One of the cheapest telecoms services I have found in Yankee is Mint Mobile.

https://www.mintmobile.com/plans/

$15 for 3Gb.while call and sms is free within US, we all know that data is what really matters now. $15 is N6000k. In all networks in Nigeria, Lagos N5k gets me like 10 Gb to 20Gb.

On EE in UK £15 gets you 5Gb. So don't know where this misconception of cheap everything abroad for unlimited data keeps coming from?


https://shop.ee.co.uk/sim-only/pay-monthly-data?CTTag=CT_Sal_PAYMDataPlans_PAYMSIMO_Q1_2019


While speeds in Nigeria are not the best, I have also found speeds in many areas of Houston to be inconsistent. High in some areas and like Naija speeds in others. And the issue in Nigeria is beyond the networks. Its partly due to poor operating environment.

edoairways:
You want to compete in a saturated market? I pity una

it may not turn out as you think, if to say Samsung no dey market, how you won take know say tecno na scrap? in other words, if orange come and up the game, its either the rest step up or die off, las las Nigerians will get top notch service.

bigiyaro:
it may not turn out as you think, if to say Samsung no dey market, how you won take know say tecno na scrap? in other words, if orange come and up the game, its either the rest step up or die off, las las Nigerians will get top notch service.

One reason why orange may not progress far is the power of the market leader MTN. Yes they may offer mouth watering freebies to attract more customers however that may change should MTN come up with better offer. Customers benefit on the short run but on the long run Orange may loose out. The base stations in Nigeria are few, if orange offer unlimited calls, their network may crash. Infact there will be poor network delivery from all the service providers

Orange is a quality European telecom company. It will blow out other bad companies in Nigeria.

MTN is crap.
9mobile is struggling.
Glo is on life support.
Others are moribund.

edoairways:
You want to compete in a saturated market? I pity una

Sir, orange is not glo

DedeNkem:
Orange is a quality telecom company. It will blow out others bad companies in Nigeria.

MTN is crap.
9mobile is struggling.
Glo is on life support.
Others are moribund.

You dey add Glo, that one na network?

bizhop01:

Sir, orange is not glo

Have you heard of market leader? The market leader has ways of pushing it's followers out of the market.

SenecaTheYonger:
They won’t be allowed. MTN and AIRTEL have people that will lobby against it in the government

For what don't you know this means more revenue and jobs for Nigerians

DedeNkem:
Orange is a quality telecom company. It will blow out others bad companies in Nigeria.

MTN is crap.
9mobile is struggling.
Glo is on life support.
Others are moribund.

Glo has been the leading cause of depression in the country

Imagine having tonnes of data and yet you cannot open a Google page