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Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by OAM4J: 3:42am On Sep 09, 2011 |
[size=13pt]NITEL: FG Brainstorms on Globacom's Offer[/size] By Efem Nkanga The Federal Government might have considered Globacom’s bid to acquire the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) through the willing buyer, willing seller option. THISDAY gathered that the government favoured Globacom because of its experience, clout and reach. The belief is that Globacom will not just to acquire NITEL, but also to turn around the ailing entity. The President was said to have been persuaded that two years after the commencement of GSM in the country, Globacom was able to swing the pedulum in telecoms sector by coming from behind to grab the number two position today. The decision to give it to Globacom despite the fact that some other firms like Brymedia, the third place bid winner of the terminated bid and other firms were offering double what Globacom is offerings was because it will turn the ailing entity around for the benefit of Nigerians. Though the federal government is said to have invited some interested firms to a negotiation table for NITEL, it has its radar on Globacom. The fact that the Mike Adenuga-led Globacom had performed a feat in the telecoms sector by taking Glo to such a height, is an attractive option the federal government is willing to adopt to sort out the NITEL crisis once and for all. Another factor that helped Globacom’s case is the fact that the other companies that participated in the bid and offered huge amounts could not pay what they offered. The fear in government quarters is that if these firms are having difficulties in paying to acquire NITEL, they will be able to turn it around. The privatisation process of NITEL was terminated recently by the BPE for the fifth time following the inability of Omen International, the reserve bidder to revalidate its bid for NITEL. The failure of Omen not too long after New Generations could not come up with the $2.5 billion it offered for NITEL was said to have exasperated the government. The failed attempt to sell NITEL, made the federal government to decide on the willing buyer willing seller option after President Goodluck Jonathan was presented with three recommendations of the Bureau of Public Enterprise BPE, the government agency that had been charged with the privatisation exercise of NITEL. President Jonathan was said to have favoured the willing buyer, willing seller option because it is the option that will not only remove the gridlock that a fresh process might entail, but will also address the time factor and all the logistics that will go into conducting a new exercise. Recall that New Generation Consortium, made up of China Unicom of Hong Kong, Minerva Group of Dubai and Nigeria’s GiCell Wireless Ltd, had in February, 2010 emerged the preferred bidder for the privatisation of NITEL and M-TEL with a price offer of $2.5 billion during the opening of financial bids for the privatisation process. The reserve bidder, Omen International came second with an offer of $956,996,091, Brymedia emerged third with $550 million and AFZI/Spectrum Consortium, emerged fourth with a bid of 375.5Million. MTN Nigeria Communications Ltd, bided $25million for SAT-3 only. But since then, the process has been bedevilled with one problem or the other that finally led to its termination. First was the shocking revelation by China Unicom, a partner to some consortium members that they were not part of the deal. This denial coming almost immediately, the bid winners emerged, threatened the integrity of the process and consumed the job of the then DG of BPE, Dr Christopher Anyanwu http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/nitel-fg-brainstorms-on-globacoms-offer/98024/ |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by woetooam4j: 3:49am On Sep 09, 2011 |
^^^^ Hmmmmm, I support make them give Adenuga, but their explanation isnt tenable. It is obvious they are trying too hard to justify their choice. Who knows what has gone down behind the scenes. Anyway, LOCAL IS ALWAYS BETTER, especially in this case |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by Exponental(m): 6:25am On Sep 09, 2011 |
By all means, d dead will rise. I smell FRESH AIR 4 NITEL. |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by gtnapes: 8:29am On Sep 09, 2011 |
The reasons sound goods, I guessed WIKILEAKES will blown his whistle before it get too late. |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by Idrico(m): 8:45am On Sep 09, 2011 |
It's better to give it to a Nigerian company than selling it to foreigner who are out to exploit us. |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by ManXTreme: 8:49am On Sep 09, 2011 |
Monopoly. Have you ever heard of the term monopoly, this is not to say, that is entirely a bad thing, but when NITEL (first national carrier) and GLO (second national carrier) are placed in one individual hands, what now is the reason for calling it national carrier? Yes NITEL has become a liability, but for the sake of Nigerians,make NCC stronger otherwise, i can beg that within 2 years of operation, we would be paying the highest telecoms bill in the continent (check out Cement prices under the national carrier - Dangote) |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by pinkrex(m): 9:50am On Sep 09, 2011 |
ManXTreme: That is not true, and besides Glo is about the cheapest network in Nigeria. Lets encourage citizenship participation if they have the weight to carry it. MTN has been ripping us off and its a foreign company. |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by PointB: 9:52am On Sep 09, 2011 |
This is not a good idea. Glo is and Nitel and both National Carriers. Selling Nitel to Globacom will create and another unneeded monopoly. |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by Gbawe: 9:59am On Sep 09, 2011 |
Idrico: How can "foreigners" exploit us if our regulation is robust, tough , intrinsically designed to protect Nigerians and adherred to fastidously ? The concept of foreigners exploiting us on our own soil needs Nigerian co-conspirators for success . Let us not forget that. The notion also suggests that we Nigerians are not smart enough to control and define our own National agenda. |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by pinkrex(m): 10:08am On Sep 09, 2011 |
PointB: Monopoly emphasis is killing me. why can't we hope for the good sometimes. The government can always intervene if the market becomes excessively monopolistic. What are the NCC's and other monitoring agencies for? |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by RickyRoss1(m): 10:11am On Sep 09, 2011 |
ManXTreme: Thats total nonsense. I know FG is trying too hard to justify their choice but hey Glo is a proudly Nigerian company. Besides, I prefer to be exploited by a Nigerian company that allow these useless whites exploit me in my own country. Every money Glo makes remains in Nigeria and most of their staff are Nigerians. Dont ever compare our telecoms sector with Cement production because there's no competition in cement production. Dangote can wake up today and decides to sell cement at 3,000 naira and we cant do much about it. But if Glo or any other telecom companies tries it then they are finished bc we have more than 5 companies to choose from, Glo is a company every Nigerian must be proud of. Without Glo MTN will still be charging 150 naira per minute for international calls. Glo offers the cheapest international call rates in Nigeria today, i call my people overseas at 9naira per minute and the service/call quality if better than MTN, We must allow our own to grow. I would like to see Glo and other Nigerian companies compete with other Multinational companies worldwide. Nigeria must not export 419 alone, lets export our banks/insurance and telecom companies. I wish Glo all the best, |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by 4llerbuntu(m): 10:12am On Sep 09, 2011 |
ManXTreme: hmmn, firstly what is nitel carrying? who still uses notel to carry anything internally and externally? bros nitel exists in name only. what anybody is buying in nitel is the name, the licenses, and the real property. so that point is moot, already Glo is practically the only National Carrier in Nigeria. secondly, what ever happened to the Flygerian rhetoric? or u mean the "lets keep it nigerian" brigade has gone out of business? frankly, u cannot mean to tell me u believe selling Nitel to chinese or whatever foreign company is a better idea than selling to Glo. Glo is not doing badly for a nigerian company, whatever reservations you may have about the way its run. selling a practically dead national asset to a nigerian company is not a bad idea. besides, Glo has to follow through, its not like some people in yellow and red who came with briefcases and can leave at the drop of a hat. u want anor circus a-la econet? cos thats whats gonna happen when u sell to foreigners who dont really know what they are getting into. multilinks-telkom rings a bell? besides, you and i know the deal has been concluded and what is left is to give it PR laundering. |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by Nobody: 10:22am On Sep 09, 2011 |
The Feds is finding justifiable reason to "make us believe" that Mike Adenuga is the better option. Feds, you dont need all that grammer and excuses, you dont even need to speak grammer. All you have to say is, we prefer giving it to the son of the soil with Jonathan taking backdoor 10% of the company . We will understand. Afterall, na we we. Glo is our glory, Mike Adenuga is our hero !!! |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by pinkrex(m): 10:26am On Sep 09, 2011 |
LeoMax: Can you believe in anything at all? Just asking |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by PointB: 10:27am On Sep 09, 2011 |
pinkrex: Why does Government need to intervene to curtail the excesses of a monopoly, when it shldn't be creating any at all. The reason Glo was given a Second National Carrier status was to break Nitel's monopoly., hence there is no need creating another. Between government intervention and market forces, I choose market forces. From the news The decision to give it to Globacom despite the fact tha[b]t some other firms like Brymedia, the third place bid winner of the terminated bid and other firms were offering double what Globacom is offerings [/b] was because it will turn the ailing entity around for the benefit of Nigerians. Now if these other companies show evidence of technical competence why not concentrate on them rather than glo. By the way, Glo has been in Ghana for over 5 years without rolling out a single line. Are they not overrated, even though that is beside the point? |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by pinkrex(m): 10:32am On Sep 09, 2011 |
PointB: What are you saying? If glo is the second national carrier aside Nitel and with their market competition competence, why cant they be an Indirect merger between the two companies especially when its owned by the same person with the same drive? Indigenization is also a commiserate development for a growing nation. It cant always be capital flight because either way, we lose. |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by PointB: 10:36am On Sep 09, 2011 |
pinkrex: The term - National Carrier is pregnant with a lot of meaning. And that is where the monopoly lies. If Glo were to buy Nitel, then another company - Airtel or MTN should be given National Carrier (whatever that entails) status. Otherwise, Government will be creating unneeded monopoly. |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by pinkrex(m): 10:43am On Sep 09, 2011 |
PointB: It is a national carrier not because its owned by the Govt. but because its owned by a Nigerian citizen. |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by sammirano: 10:48am On Sep 09, 2011 |
Glo will obviously exploit users. |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by goggs(m): 10:51am On Sep 09, 2011 |
Giving NITEL to Globacom is wrong on the following reasons; (i) Glo is the 2nd National Carrier and therefore cannot combine the two. Even if Glo were a public company its not right in the spirit of competition. The way Adenuga runs glo (his children barely out of their teens as directors) cannot be acceptable in running Nitel. The whole of Nigeria's national carrier infrastructure in the hands of one man? Where in the world is this done. (ii) With the rumours of IBB having a piece of the glo pie, is this political settlement? The political backlash is too distracting (iii) Glo as 2nd National carrier has NOT rolled out its fixed and Terrestrial network 6 years after getting licence to do so. The terms of 2nd National carrier licence is very clear on the establishment of fixed and terrestrial network, special call services (emergencies etc), provision of national telecommunication backbone infrastructure, ASDL lines, FWA etc. There are also penalties for non compliance but the NCC has kept mum, yet this guy wants to grab this. (iv) the argument that a Nigerian should run the network is ok. But I think service delivery and competition should be the watch word. If we want Nigerians involved then part of the condition for the sale of NITEL should be that it must be listed in NSE and not less than 60% of the company must be public. Its quite easy to set the rules and monitor them for good results, but in Nigeria simple things can be made extremely complex. that doesn't mean we shouldn't try |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by PointB: 10:52am On Sep 09, 2011 |
pinkrex: The crux of my point is that, the advantages of being designated as National Carriers should not be left in the hands of same man, same management, in the name of different company. It is called monopoly. Monopolies do not favour consumers! |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by pinkrex(m): 10:59am On Sep 09, 2011 |
goggs: Who else amonst d indigenes went for the bidding? PointB: So what are you suggesting? Im only defending this becAUSE i'mnot so pessimistic as others. |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by naijatoday: 11:19am On Sep 09, 2011 |
goggs:I dont know if you have seen this article from Monday on thisday's website with Glo COO. For the full interview http://www.thisdayonline.com/
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Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by PointB: 11:30am On Sep 09, 2011 |
pinkrex: lol. I am not pessimistic either. They are discussing with other interested party, but keeping glo on their radar. My suggestions have been made earlier, but let me reiterate. 1. They should consider the other firms [s]The decision to give it to Globacom despite the fact that[/s] some other firms like Brymedia, the third place bid winner of the terminated bid and other firms were offering double what Globacom is offerings[s] was because it will turn the ailing entity around for the benefit of Nigerians.[/s]There is no guarantee that glo will deliver. They have not delivered in Ghana after 5 years of incursion. 2. If they finally, sell Nitel to Glo, then they need to correct the imbalance (monopoly) by awarding the Second National Carrier license to another operator. That's what I said. |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by pinkrex(m): 12:00pm On Sep 09, 2011 |
PointB: smh, BTW, whats the major telecom operator in Ghana? |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by PointB: 12:05pm On Sep 09, 2011 |
^^- There are four or thereabout. MTN, AirTel, OneTouch, Tigo (all GSM), Kasapa (CDMA), and Glomobile (Work in progress since 2006) |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by ayodot(m): 12:10pm On Sep 09, 2011 |
At 1st I'm of d argument that selling nitel to glo isn't go for market compitition wise. Certainly, selling to a new network will add fresh drama to the market. perhaps it could be sold to one of the cdma companies to revitalise it. Then I also back the Idea of naija's money staying in Nigeria. One question must cut across ones mind. so adenuga plus is director don't have properties elsewhere except Nigeria. At first I tot nitel being d national carrier, all othe network will somehow have to to connect to them for part of the services. If not, what is the noise about a national carrier that isn't working. The final thing is that, what can I do to prevent Glo from taking over nitel, NOTHING. I'll ask u what can u do, if NOTHING, close thread |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by naijatoday: 12:31pm On Sep 09, 2011 |
PointB: You forgot Expresso or is Expresso the same as Kasapa. Spectrum unavailability, review of guidelines delayed Globacom’s operations in Ghana – Minister I dont think all the issues they are facing is entirely their fault. |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by nateevs(m): 12:58pm On Sep 09, 2011 |
goggs: There is nothing to state that Glo cannot "combine the two" - if that means anything at all. Bottom line is Glo will become "The National Carrier" . . A national carrier is simply an establishment who has the physical infrastructure to route network traffic to every corner of the nation. There is, as far as I know, nothing to show that "National Carrier status" is reserved for a few. It's a colossal amount of investment, especially for a country as big as Nigeria. Any company can attain this status if there is the will to invest. MTN makes shed loads of revenue and can invest in this if they want to. There's no monopoly as far as I am concerned. goggs: Till date, it is a rumour. A rumour that has no bearing on the workability of the project. goggs: Do you think it's that simple to lay cables across the country. It has got to be a gazillion times more expensive and more complicated to deploy than it is to deploy a wireless network. Note all things they need to take into consideration, many of which would have been much easier in advanced countries. Glo has to consider Urban and National Planning - present and future. . . . . . Glo has to make sure Julius Berger will not be laying a road few years from now across a Fibre route. Glo has to make sure Omo onile will not sell land reserved for future network expansion. Glo has to make sure that road network cabinets will not be destroyed. . . and several other things I cannot make up in my head now. Taking Nigeria into consideration, there are no laws protecting Glo from vandalism. Anyone can pick up a digger and make a tunnel anywhere they desire. How has the Government helped to forestall this? Can Government guarantee anything? And we haven't even started speaking of the sheer amount of work to deploy the network assuming all external conditions are favourable. It's not child's play man. goggs: This talk of monopoly is over-played. Listing Nitel on the NSE will do nothing to the operations of Glo. Glo will charge a base rate for bandwidth leasing. Glo will also charge a base rate for leasing a fixed-line. For data over fixed-lines, you don't have to be with Glo. MTN, Etisalat, Starcomms et al, can all route traffic over Glo's internal National network as long as the Government through NCC goes a step further in establishing and enforcing a Local Loop Unbundling process. Those who have deep pockets (Dangote, MTN) and don't want to use the LLU can go ahead and apply for a National carrier license and build their own local loop in phases. From a technical stand-point, my opinion is that it is the best thing to happen to Nigeria in recent years. Nitel already have the last mile infrastructure. Network road cabinets, telephone exchanges etc, Glo will not have to replicate. There's ahrdly any neighbourhood in Nigeria that doesn't have Nitel wires with Kites hanging off of them. Glo only has to revive this infrastructure, a far less expensive venture than replicating theirs - a cost they would have passed on to we potential customers. From an economic stand point, it makes the overall start-up cost for Glo a lot cheaper than anticipated. The cost which will inevitably have been passed on to us is suddenly reduced. And many homes will be able to ask for and have installed high speed internet before long. Win win scenario for every one. |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by lucom: 1:20pm On Sep 09, 2011 |
LeoMax: Right out of my mouth,my bros the rest is just propaganda |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by pinkrex(m): 1:49pm On Sep 09, 2011 |
nateevs: |
Re: Nitel: Fg Brainstorms On Globacom's Offer by zomby(m): 2:00pm On Sep 09, 2011 |
In fact, Nitel should have been given to Mike for nothing. In order to get Nitel going immediately in Nigeria let's say 100 things must be in place, out of these 100 things GLO has 98 of them ready. The goal of the FED is to see Nitel operate as a complete organization with a robust structure that will improve services for the existing and new customers right away. It is important to note that if Nitel is released to any other company, this goal will not be accomplished in the next 3 years or so. But Glo on the other hand will make this goal a reality in a matter of months. Besides, unlike other watered down businesses owned by Nigerians, Glo has shown the world that they have what it takes to implement and operate a serious business structure that benefits Nigeria and Nigerians in an extremely unstable environment. If our goal is to see Nitel fly again, Mike is simply the answer that fits our objective perfectly; no need to waste time, he has been consistent for over 35 years doing business all around the world. Rule Your World, do what makes your country proud. Glo today, Glo tomorrow, Glo forever! |
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