They organised scholarship exam, promised 2 give 500 students scholarship result with their names in d newspaper and on d website.No result of successful candidates was released, only 2be told dat 238 students(of unknown identity) have been arbitrarily selected in d sub-news of d national dalies.
What a shame with their huge revenue

all NITEL staff, directors and former minister of communication should be ashamed of them self . Just imaging that a foreign company invaded the country and snatch their business from their very eye. NEPA brace urself up another company is coming to show u hw profitable it is to do business in Nigeria

gbengress1:

They organised scholarship exam, promised 2 give 500 students scholarship result with their names in d newspaper and on d website.No result of successful candidates was released, only 2be told dat 238 students(of unknown identity) have been arbitrarily selected in d sub-news of d national dalies.
What a shame with their huge revenue

Tell you reps to sign the freedom of Information bill so you can get access to the names and method of choosing the winners


Why are Nigerian telcos not listed on the NSE so nigerians can benefit?

How much is Glo making in Ghana/Benin? are they investing their profits back in Ghana or cashing it in naija?

When MTN was investing and doing the hard work, nigeria companies were probably doing the only marketing strategy they know best- PROMOOOOOO you don win ooo

with the the PhD, MBA carriers in our overeducated society SA companies come dey hammer us with our 'real giant of african slogan'

hey atleast there is Ghana we can bully the little countries  

I would rather be exploited by GLO that is a nigerian!

It is no news that MTN paid 130billion in tax. What we should be asking is what did the govt do with the money?

Stop all this MTN hating. IF you guys don't like them don't use them.

;DThese arguments are all so funny. People whose spouses, siblings, uncles, nieces, boyfriend, girlfriend etc work for MTN or do contracts for MTN, naturally find this news cheery. On the other hand, people who applied for jobs and were not taken, those who applied for MTN scholarship and were not selected, people with faulty Fastlinks and others who feel hard done by by all GSM operators are bursting their artery. Very interesting arguments.
I choose to look at the wider implications of this news if true. What are the wider implications of GSM companies doing well in Nigeria? It can only mean well for us. The same Businessday recently published that the telecom sector is now contributing about 7 percent of Nigeria's GDP from probably 0.01 when NITEL held sway. That can only happen because the GSM operators are doing well. Imagine the reverse. With the exception of Glo that likes 419 and often has its offices shut down for not remitting taxes, these operators are largely generous contributors to the state coffers. We should actually cheer this news, if it is true.

The Nigerian Telecom regulatory body should be blamed for allowing MTN leaking our economy in a way of capital repatriation to South Africa to their own decore at the expense of good taxes,social responsibilities and re-investments they should have done here on soil where they have turned to farm-

And we are still bearing this cut-throat tariffs for god sake, i'm fed up-wea are sold out

Good news. How I wish,

Ayoobscom:

The Nigerian Telecom regulatory body should be blamed for allowing MTN leaking our economy in a way of capital repatriation to South Africa to their own decore at the expense of good taxes,social responsibilities and re-investments they should have done here on soil where they have turned to farm-

And we are still bearing this cut-throat tariffs for god sake, i'm fed up-wea are sold out

Bros, wetin you dey yarn, na? U need to do some reading. Whatever else may be their sins, it is not that they are not re-investing in Nigeria. They are are actually investing more in Nigeria than everybody else. You cant have the biggest network in Nigeria if you are not investing like hell. And in terms of CSR, they are doing more than everybody else in that sector. I hear of MTN Foundation doing one thing or the other for the less privileged every day. What is Glo doing, apart from taking 10 customers to Man U game once a couple of times a year?. This is in the press this morning. Read up.
http://www.compassnewspaper.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2081:-mtn-earmarks-1b-for-growth-expansion-in-nigeria&catid=37:general-news&Itemid=607

It is sad that people would rather have a company that is contributing much to the Nigerian economy run at a loss and still expect good service from them. Obviously many of the people here speak out of spite.

I am suggesting we boycot MTN Network in protest for 2days 20th and 21st march 2011, but an allowance of not more than 3minutes call total for emergency or urgent calls. Pls lets join hands together to stop this rip-off. In india/malaysia u get to call all network for an equivalent of N2/min, and these countries too have their infrastructure challenges. Imagine still callin mtn to mtn at N30/min. Our govt has failed us, its time to act.

valacious:

I am suggesting we boycot MTN Network in protest for 2days 20th and 21st march 2011, but an allowance of not more than 3minutes call total for emergency or urgent calls. Pls lets join hands together to stop this rip-off. In india/malaysia u get to call all network for an equivalent of N2/min, and these countries too have their infrastructure challenges. Imagine still callin mtn to mtn at N30/min. Our govt has failed us, its time to act.

Which Malaysia has infrastructural challenges!!! I have been there and Kuala Lumpur is as cosmopolitan as London. Remember that the Petronas twin towers - once the tallest buildings in the world- are in Kuala Lumpur.

Anyway hate them or not. MTN is the most technologically advanced of the telco's and they know it. They know that even with their higher rates, because they deliver the best voice and data, no one will leave them!!

Lets see where their 'technology' gets them in few months when number portability comes, then they can keep on being arrogant and see who follows them mtscheew

For those who still blaming nitel, for not taking advantage in the first place before mtn, i don't see a reason to do so, because I really believed that there is hug conspiracy behind its total failure and sabotage from some individuals who wanted to invest in mtn, some key peoples in the countries and of course some politicians, who now sit down and enjoy the big interest from mtn.

This will never happened forever specially when number portability is put in place, switching to glo, etisalat or rel tel without changing your number.

Start somthing today,

Kunle you mean Shot not Sacked i presume![color=#990000][/color]

boi c moni, Hmmmm, I no fit shout

thats mtn for you

mccheew, shicken change. na im una dey yarn?. e for be 1.5 trillion sef. our target next year na 2 trillion, and maga must pay naaa

This is the kind of results people get when they emancipate themselves from mental slavery of eternal complaint, whinning and blaming and start to take responsibiity. While Nigerians keep complaining about electricity, Southys come and invested in the uncertainty and now reaping huge profits. Very soon, they'll come and invest in electricity, provide the needed megawatts while we most certainly will keep complaining of how sinful their profit is. In Nigeria numbers don't matter except when they carry currency signs.

wen r they goin public with their shares and abeg dem get vacancy for customer care service attendant and a power inspector i.e d guy who wil monitor their diesel consumption rate and air conditioners and d general lighting? Make i follow chop for insyd d money.

With these kind of profit they r telling me to come and regista magic numba wit 250 when etisalat dat doesn't make dat much gives me free airtime to talk to my magic numba & data bundle for FREE. Oh what a miserly company.

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Mai Suya:

where did you get this from?

This (below) is your idea of ''contributing much to the Nigerian economy?''

Apparently you limit your understanding of the phrase 'contributing to the Nigerian economy' to the aspect of equity stakes. You fail to consider areas that are affected directly and indirectly as a result of MTN's business operations (employment, scholarships, grants etc). However the 9.45% you quoted still translates to a lot in real terms i.e. finances.

In all I take it that you'd rather that MTN suffers a loss because you don't like the company? Again that is a weird position to take if you have the interest of the economical growth of Nigeria at heart.

Bawss1:

Apparently you limit your understanding of the phrase 'contributing to the Nigerian economy' to the aspect of equity stakes. You fail to consider areas that are affected directly and indirectly as a result of MTN's business operations (employment, scholarships, grants etc). However the 9.45% you quoted still translates to a lot in real terms i.e. finances.

In all I take it that you'd rather that MTN suffers a loss because you don't like the company? Again that is a weird position to take if you have the interest of the economical growth of Nigeria at heart.

Valid point. An economy doing well is actually a summation of many corporates doing well. Value is created and jobs are generated. Loans are easily taken from banks and repaid with interest. Taxes are paid, and if these are used well, everybody will be happy. The only sad thing right now is that the taxes dont exactly work for the people. That actually should be the concern of all.

umh! see wetin una do me,

i know mtn even before they set up the company.they are bunch of thieves taking nigeria's money outside.it's such a shame.

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