Globacom Limited, Nigeria’s second national operator (SNO) has its eyes on Aircom, a GSM licensee in Cote d‘Ivoire in a bid to advance its plan to enter Cote d’Ivoire’s mobile telephony market. According to a report in Nigeria’s Technology Times, Globacom may have opened talks with Aircom in a bid to enter the market anytime soon but details are still very hazy for now.

Officials of Globacom did not return calls by Technology Times to comment on indications emerging from Cote d’Ivoire that Globacom, promoted by Nigerian billionaire, Mike Adenuga Jnr., is in discussions with Aircom on closing a deal to expand Globacom’s sub-regional tentacles into Cote d’Ivoire’s telecoms market. Read the rest of this entry »

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