Blames slow modernisation operations on flood

G LOBAL mobile subscription of MTN Group has hit 183 million in the third quarter of 2012.

MTN, which operates in countries including Nigeria, Ghana, Syria, Cameroon, Uganda, Iran, Cameroon, Sudan and South Africa among others, grew its subscriber numbers by 3.8 per cent to 182.7 million.

According to the telecommunications firm, though MTN Nigeria faced some challenges, subscriber growth showed a healthy improvement during the quarter, increasing 5.7 per cent and maintaining market share.

MTN attributed its growth in Nigeria largely to successful competitive offerings, which saw significant price declines driven by promotional activities, adding that parts of the network have experienced some deterioration in congestion levels.

Presently, MTN Nigeria, which has over 45 million subscribers, noted that data continued to gain momentum, but that growth in 2G data were impacted by network congestion.

Meanwhile, speaking to participants at the just concluded International Telecommunications Union Conference in Dubai, UAE, MTN Nigeria’s General Manager, Regulatory Affairs, Mrs. Oyeronke Oyetunde disclosed that the telecommunications firm has invested over N280 billion in its current facility and network upgrades in the country, stressing that it has also been able to create over 350,000 direct and indirect employments in Nigeria within the last 10 years of operations.

Besides, Oyetunde said that 99 per cent of MTN Nigeria’s 2263 employees in the country are Nigerians.

“MTN never regrets investing in the Nigerian economy. Within the last 10 years of operations, it has created over 350,000 direct and indirect jobs. It will amaze you that 99 per cent of our 2263 direct employees are Nigerians.”

Speaking to audience including the Vice President of Nigeria, Namadi Sambo; Governors of Abia and Niger, Theordore Orji and Aliyu Babangida respectively; the minister of Communications Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson and other nationals, the MTN Regulatory Affairs General Manager said the telecommunications firm has started exporting human resources to other parts of the continent.

According to her, former three MTN Nigeria’s top executives now head MTN operations in Ghana; Cameroon and Zambia.

In the area of gender equality, she informed that the Chief Technical Officer of MTN Nigeria is a woman, with focus on developing and increasing MTN service efficiency in Nigeria.

She said the telecommunications firm has over 9000 Base Transceiver Stations and has laid 11,000km fibre network across the country to boost service delivery.

On the current network modernisation in Nigeria, MTN said the process is being hindered by floods and insecurity in many parts of the country, and has appealed for understanding from its customers and other key stakeholders.

Speaking to journalists in Lagos, MTN Nigeria’s Corporate Services Executive, Mr. Wale Goodluck, said, “We regret, however, that the pace of work has been considerably challenged by the spate of insecurity coupled with the unprecedented flooding being experienced in many parts of the country.

Goodluck informed that the

network optimisation exercise will affect over 4,000 base stations out of the 10,000 owned by the company across the country.

“The task that we are undertaking is tantamount to building a new network. We are seeking to replicate what we achieved over a six-year period in nine months,” Goodluck stated.

According to him, considerable progress had been recorded with regard to the ongoing network improvement plans.

“Several swap-outs have reached very advanced stages of completion. The entire network modernisation process is a very logistic-intensive one and the problem of insecurity has seriously affected the pace of work in some parts of the country,” he said.

He added that in at least 13 states, flooding had created additional logistic impediments such that the pace of the network modernisation efforts had slowed down
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That's huge.

HMMMMMMM

afam4eva: That's huge.

Mtcheeeeeeeeeeew, whats huge

bt they fail to mention the solution? Just tellin us they are sorry for the incovenience.

Al we need is solution to your bad network

[size=16pt]Jobs created for who and who? shey phone call business na im dem dey call job?
and to think that this report is coming at a time when we are having highest amount of dropped/failed calls.
who are they trying to impress?[/size]

Hmmm dats gr8, so an average of 1staff to abt 520subscribers. UNDERSTAFF

Dat gr8.kip it up

Hmpfhhh..

If only I can swap to another network without changing my sim..

MTN is whacked! Exclusively useless and annoying!

MTN has 2263 direct employees in Nigeria but claims to generate 350,000 people directly or indirectly. It there fore means that they employ 2263 Nigerians and the 347,737 are hired by who ? The lousy dealers ?. That number is very very overbloated as MTN's greedy ego. No Nigerian is supposed to use MTN, fvcking greedy network.

Direct and indirect jobs? God punish that Yoruba woman wey yarn dat isht All mtn workers are on indirect employment status, dat na BIG-FAT lie!

Even ordinary cleaner for MTN office na under contract. How are they paying? 15k/month as at that time (2005-2007) maybe up till now sef...

Just apologise for your incoveniencies period, all that stories na long tin

^^^ The rest are contract employees.

Hate it or love it, u cnt hate mtn and dnt luv them..

MTN is the bigggest over here in naija and we the customers are the mugu...so much network problems here on mtn should try upgrade o cos I am angry with their networks

Nairaland keeps getting duller.

With The Problem Of Unreachable pls The etisalat number you are trying to Call is afected by The Flood pls Try again during dry season Thank You

I trust mtn wl neva regret of making huge profit in nigeria economy.its only GLO of our own wich is reducin charges as sometime #1/min. But MTN neva sacrifice to dat extent but XRACOOL is 100% guarantd. Data bundle for mtnpulse is also enjoyable. But but d cal charges rate is too much. We prefer to use GLO to eny number during d day,MTN for XRACOOL n PULSE for BROWSING

I dumped my MTN sim months back for poor network and hidden charges. Now reppin airtel.
Oluwa is involved..

Is our Population now up to 200 Million? i dont understand oh! this one MTN is giving us this kind of figure. Me as a person i dont use MTN so, i wonder where they get that figure from

LeoMax: MTN has 2263 direct employees in Nigeria but claims to generate 350,000 people directly or indirectly. It there fore means that they employ 2263 Nigerians and the 347,737 are hired by who ? The lousy dealers ?. That number is very very overbloated as MTN's greedy ego. No Nigerian is supposed to use MTN, fvcking greedy network.

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naijathings: [size=16pt]Jobs created for who and who? shey phone call business na im dem dey call job?
and to think that this report is coming at a time when we are having highest amount of dropped/failed calls.
who are they trying to impress?[/size]

Instead of posting above lousy comments, why don't you think a little deeper and look around to see the ripple effect of such company on Nigerian economy:
- Huawei, Ericsson, ZTE, CNSSL, etc are big companies that maintain various network infrastructures for MTN, who do you think indirectly gives employment to the staff of these companies?
- With over 9,000 base stations, who pays some of your cronies, relatives and uncles who supply diesel to fuel these generators and do maintenance on the ACs, masts, generators, etc
- Do you know how many mouths that walk-in centres, connect stores, recharge cards sales outlets, feed daily because they do business directly with MTN?
- What of security guards in all the base stations and offices, drivers, cleaners, facility maintenance guys, the IT companies that maintain systems and network stuff for the company added staff because a company like MTN demand their services.
- need I tell you about MTN Foundation that are staffed by ordinary Nigerians like you and me, but are solely involved in providing Corporate Social Responsibilities to support government efforts in health-care, education, entertainment, social rehabilitation.
Guys, let's appreciate good things. MTN has done far far good things for this nation than even many of our government parastatals have done for their constituencies. If MTN disappears from naija today. Omo, na chaos be that oh. Pls appreciate what is good.

val_dubem: If only I can swap to another network without changing my sim..

you can by simply copying all your contacts and data to your computer or phone. then update them all you have changed line. you need not to use MTN sim to get on others networks. all you need is moving all datas on it if you wanna change network

dridowu: Hmmm dats gr8, so an average of 1staff to abt 520subscribers. UNDERSTAFF

Bad analysis..it doesnt work like dat.U don turn am to doctor-patient ratio,or na lecturer-student?

naijathings: [size=16pt]Jobs created for who and who? shey phone call business na im dem dey call job?
and to think that this report is coming at a time when we are having highest amount of dropped/failed calls.
who are they trying to impress?[/size]

a job is a job,better rechrge card sellers than no work at all,what do you expect MTN to do ?they came here to provide a service which they have done and not to please you,NIGERIANS CAN NEVER BE PLEASED.what have u created yourselves or u are just complaining for complaint sake,if their network is bad presently,its because BOKO haram has cuts its fiber networks and its BTS towers in the North,please layabout get a life or create a job and see the kind of headaches it causes....Complainer in Chief

Alore:

- The

Instead of posting above lousy comments, why don't you think a little deeper and look around to see the ripple effect of such company on Nigerian economy:
- Huawei, Ericsson, ZTE, CNSSL, etc are big companies that maintain various network infrastructures for MTN, who do you think indirectly gives employment to the staff of these companies?
- With over 9,000 base stations, who pays some of your cronies, relatives and uncles who supply diesel to fuel these generators and do maintenance on the ACs, masts, generators, etc
- Do you know how many mouths that walk-in centres, connect stores, recharge cards sales outlets, feed daily because they do business directly with MTN?
- What of security guards in all the base stations and offices, drivers, cleaners, facility maintenance guys, the IT companies that maintain systems and network stuff for the company added staff because a company like MTN demand their services.
- need I tell you about MTN Foundation that are staffed by ordinary Nigerians like you and me, but are solely involved in providing Corporate Social Responsibilities to support government efforts in health-care, education, entertainment, social rehabilitation.
Guys, let's appreciate good things. MTN has done far far good things for this nation than even many of our government parastatals have done for their constituencies. If MTN disappears from naija today. Omo, na chaos be that oh. Pls appreciate what is good.

Bro Since you have turned to MTN PRO, how do you explain the terrible service?

And all they care about are the rising subscriber figures- just try calling their helplines for customer service & see if you'll be answerd today... Is it dropcalls, credit cropping, service suspension-I could just go on.
Who in Nigeria/Nairaland can confidently vouch or rely on MTN's service reliability, WHO ??... Pffft-Rubbish.
The Crappiest Network in 9ja by 1500miles,
Its a pity we are just stuck with them, like Y'ello Gha rie... SMH
even Seun knows that.

iwanchop:
Bad analysis..it doesnt work like dat.U don turn am to doctor-patient ratio,or na lecturer-student?

what is bad in d analysis ?

Alore:

- The

Instead of posting above lousy comments, why don't you think a little deeper and look around to see the ripple effect of such company on Nigerian economy:
- Huawei, Ericsson, ZTE, CNSSL, etc are big companies that maintain various network infrastructures for MTN, who do you think indirectly gives employment to the staff of these companies?
- With over 9,000 base stations, who pays some of your cronies, relatives and uncles who supply diesel to fuel these generators and do maintenance on the ACs, masts, generators, etc
- Do you know how many mouths that walk-in centres, connect stores, recharge cards sales outlets, feed daily because they do business directly with MTN?
- What of security guards in all the base stations and offices, drivers, cleaners, facility maintenance guys, the IT companies that maintain systems and network stuff for the company added staff because a company like MTN demand their services.
- need I tell you about MTN Foundation that are staffed by ordinary Nigerians like you and me, but are solely involved in providing Corporate Social Responsibilities to support government efforts in health-care, education, entertainment, social rehabilitation.
Guys, let's appreciate good things. MTN has done far far good things for this nation than even many of our government parastatals have done for their constituencies. If MTN disappears from naija today. Omo, na chaos be that oh. Pls appreciate what is good.

Well said bro. You're well informed. Keep educating the bunch of naïve nairalanders. Mtn despite their shortcomings, still plays a major role in our economy. Despite the high level of insecurity and vandalisation of base stations, mtn has always strived to improve. However they can do better.

The services are still like this:

ehie: a job is a job,better rechrge card sellers than no work at all,what do you expect MTN to do ?they came here to provide a service which they have done and not to please you,NIGERIANS CAN NEVER BE PLEASED.what have u created yourselves or u are just complaining for complaint sake,if their network is bad presently,its because BOKO haram has cuts its fiber networks and its BTS towers in the North,please layabout get a life or create a job and see the kind of headaches it causes....Complainer in Chief

pls tel d retrd

Alore:

- The

Instead of posting above lousy comments, why don't you think a little deeper and look around to see the ripple effect of such company on Nigerian economy:
- Huawei, Ericsson, ZTE, CNSSL, etc are big companies that maintain various network infrastructures for MTN, who do you think indirectly gives employment to the staff of these companies?
- With over 9,000 base stations, who pays some of your cronies, relatives and uncles who supply diesel to fuel these generators and do maintenance on the ACs, masts, generators, etc
- Do you know how many mouths that walk-in centres, connect stores, recharge cards sales outlets, feed daily because they do business directly with MTN?
- What of security guards in all the base stations and offices, drivers, cleaners, facility maintenance guys, the IT companies that maintain systems and network stuff for the company added staff because a company like MTN demand their services.
- need I tell you about MTN Foundation that are staffed by ordinary Nigerians like you and me, but are solely involved in providing Corporate Social Responsibilities to support government efforts in health-care, education, entertainment, social rehabilitation.
Guys, let's appreciate good things. MTN has done far far good things for this nation than even many of our government parastatals have done for their constituencies. If MTN disappears from naija today. Omo, na chaos be that oh. Pls appreciate what is good.

Yet MTN could collaborate with its partner,CNSSL to render over 1700 people jobless at jos call centre by closing it down.
The story and analysis would have been better if they had include this