THE TELECOMS industry in Nigeria in the last 15 years has
witnessed successes, countered challenges and continued to exude tremendous
prospects for economic development.
Chronicling these milestones forms the key
contents of a new book to be unveiled later this year in the nation’s telecoms
sector.
Titled: ‘Our Nigerian Story’, written by a
multiple award-winning journalist Mrs. Olabisi Olaleye, recounts the
experiences of the Global System for Mobile, GSM, operators in Nigeria since
the sector’s liberalisation in 2001.
'Our Nigerian Story' , is the first of its kind
in the nation’s sector, that chronicles the development of the telecoms
industry, starting from 2001, when the various companies came into the country
to invest, even when the Nigeria’s business climate was adjudged ‘a war
zone and porous’ by the international communities.
The book highlights how the demographic dividend
or the large population in Nigeria then (which is still growing), served as a
critical factor that attracted telecoms investment into the country with the
sector now boasting of over $32 billion from about $500 million in 2001.
“In this book, the various telcos, Agencies, retail
phone dealers share their experiences, the NCC’s involvement, the Ministry of
Communication Technology or Ministry of Communications support and the numerous
challenges faced in a system that is not too conducive for business, while
leveraging on their strengths for more improvement in the sector,” Olaleye
said, while providing insight into the contents of the soon-to-be-launched
book.
In addition, other providers, such as the
Value-Added Services (VAS) provider, which ride on the networks of the main
telecoms networks, also tell their stories.
Currently, she works with The SUN Publishing
Limited Nigeria, publishers of The Sun newspaper titles.
No comments:
Post a Comment