Nigeria telecommunications industry heading towards monopoly

It is still very fresh in our memories the state of the nation when NITEL was the sole provider of telecommunications services in the country. It was monopoly at its zenith. Consumers never got value for their money and whoever dared to raise an objection was bullied into submission.
This monopolized situation almost rared up its ugly head with past leaderships of the Nigeria communications commission (NCC). A particular telecoms company took over the market power and almost pushed other companies out of business. The smaller telecos were the most hit by this development. It affected them to the point of shut down.
A monopolized sector of any economy is surely bound to fail. Monopoly brings about entrenchment. Consumers wriggle in pains in a monopolized environment while the monopolist smiles to the bank. Service delivery in a monopolized environment is nothing to write home about. Consumers never get value for their money and this creates an unhealthy relationship between the consumers and their customers.
However, placing monopoly and competition side by side, it is obvious that a competitive environment is better of and much more proactive. A competitive environment creates a level playing ground for all to thrive upon which leads to growth and development of the sector.
A competitive environment is characterized by choices. Consumers can choose their devices from an increasing list of manufacturers at constantly decreasing prices, choose their connectivity from a bouquet of offers with constantly decreasing prices and choose their applications from a collection of low cost or free options. Consumers get the best value for goods and services when there is competition. Even though many a time, it is to the detriment of the service provider who in order not lose customers to a rival company go extra miles to provide stress free customer service to address the needs of their subscribers. On the other hand, they must be able to maintain a healthy balance between competitive policies(to provide value for consumers), and policies aimed at ensuring that companies can continue to thrive and provide jobs, benefits to shareholders as well as tax revenue.

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Longing for a new model of this car

All seems to have been forgotten about the brand of car called Nissan Bluebird. This is one car that made name for Nissan automobile because it was well known for its ruggedness and durability.

In those days when people talk about Toyota corolla, the next car that readily comes to mind was Nissan Bluebird. They were rivals in all ramifications. Today, we know what Toyota corolla looks like. It has undergone several modifications to become one of Toyota’s pride of car. Same cannot be said about Nissan Bluebird.

For close to 2 decades now, am yet to see a new model of this car. The last manufactured model of this car was in 1996/97. This particular model can still be seen on the road today. In fact, I know of somebody who used the 1986/87 model of this car for close to 20 years After laying aside this very car, he still went ahead to buy the 1996/97 model of this very car and he is still using it till date. That shows how rugged and durable this car is.

All other brands of Nissan cars have undergone modifications year in year out. Brands like Nissan Altima, Primera, Almera, Pathfinder, Xterra, frontier, etc all have their new models plying the roads. Where then is Nissan bluebird new model? We yearn to see a new model of this car being produced. Nissan automobile please take note!

The old models of Nissan Bluebird are available in saloon and wagon categories.    

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Go for a niche you are passionate about

A lot of bloggers or would be bloggers make that mistake of referencing the successes recorded by other bloggers in a particular niche when trying to choose a niche for their blog. Forgetting the fact that what works for one person does not necessarily mean it will work for you or all. Thus, they go into a niche they have little or no knowledge about, just because they want to be like that person. Many a newbie bloggers even go into a niche because they heard that the niche is profitable. Along the line, they get stocked, entangled and nobody heard of their blog.
To be a successful blogger, you must be yourself. Search yourself deeply and identify what you are passionate about, naturally good at and have deep knowledge about. This is what keeps you going when the going gets tough. Never follow the crowd. Everybody has one thing or the other he is knowledgeable about. Blog about those things!
Being passionate about your niche helps you worry less about traffic or whether people are viewing your posts or not. It brings out the originality in you, it builds your confidence, aids consistency and makes blogging a less stressful career to handle. And before you know it, people start seeing you as an authority in that niche. This would invariably open doors for you, shooting you into lime light.

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CDMA technology rendered inactive completely in Nigeria

Telecommunications ecosystem in Nigeria is dominated largely by two parallel operating network technologies. They are the Global system for mobile communications, otherwise known as G.S.M communications and the Code Division Multiple Access communications, otherwise known as CDMA communications. In comparison, it is obvious that G.S.M communications is thriving better than CDMA communications in Nigeria.

However, the success of the GSM network can be attributed to their ability to cover vast areas within a short time while CDMA operators lack the capacity of widespread presence and this affects their stability and threatens their existence. The longer the distance a telecommunications signal can travel is the larger the users it can attract and the more the income it can generate. Most CDMA operators in Nigeria have fewer than a hundred telecommunications mast installations which is barely enough to circulate round. Consequently, their subscribers line is so thin and income generated so tiny when compared with expenses on maintenance, advertisement salaries e.t.c. No company can thrive in this condition.

Even Visafone communications, a network that stole the heart of many Nigerians, consistently receiving laudable commendations for its effort to  keep the CDMA flame burning and competing favorably with its G.S.M counterpart suddenly threw in the towel to the surprise of everybody. Now Visafone is a property of a successful G.S.M operator which further confirms that G.S.M operators are thriving better.

Starcomms on the other hand was so determined to succeed when it came into Nigeria. But along the line, faced severe business challenges that led to a reduction of its network coverage areas. Consequently, this affected their service delivery and they lost a lot of customers in the process which led their down fall. Today, starcomms is struggling to record up to a million subscribers line.

Multilinks from inception has never been comfortable with doing business in Nigeria. They never hestitated to complain how expensive doing business in Nigeria was and how low their profit margin had been. They always recall their struggles for survival in this harsh Nigerian business arena. On several occasions they had threatened to quit the country.

Now, it is obvious that the Nigerian business terrain is a harsh and thorny one that calls for only survival of the fittest. Its is based strictly on when the going gets though only the tougher gets going.  With all that has been analyzed, it is glaring that CDMA technology is dying gradually in Nigeria and in few years to come would fizzle out completely. 

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Exorbitant data tariff by telecoms operators in Nigeria

Despite the increasing population of Broadband operators in Nigeria, internet subscribers are still paying through their nose to access the internet in the country. In advanced countries like the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Japan e.t.c, internet service is readily available to all homes at cheap and affordable prices with various data plan ranging from limited to unlimited data usage.
This is not the case in Nigeria. Most internet service providers(ISPs)/Telecoms operators provide mainly limited internet data plan. Those ISPs/Telecoms operators that still offer unlimited data plan placed their tariff on a very high side that it is barely affordable by the common man. The most hit by this policy are those that require heavy data usage for their jobs. They end up spending double or triple the amount they ought to have spent for internet service in a month. Why should an ISP/Telecoms operator sell usage cap rather than the period of usage? When you subscribe you are told that your data will last for a period of one month but after one or two weeks, the data is completely exhausted. To continue active internet proceedings, you must subscribe anew.
Downloads and updates have become luxuries you dear not venture into. Viewing and playing online videos and music on youtube or other sites have become a thing of the past in Nigeria. It is a well known fact that most recent applications and operating systems require constant updating for proper operation. What about antivirus softwares? Most installed antivirus softwares need constant updating in order to continue to protect the system from online attackers like virus, worms, trojans and malwares which might eventually cause severe damages to the Pc. Downloads we know is an inevitable process when online. Most packages and applications online require downloading before they can run or be used. You must think twice before you download in Nigeria. After downloading some of these software programs you might need to update them to enjoy there complete features.
People that do internet related businesses are not left out in this ordeal. Using limited internet data plan for a business is not profit oriented at all. Many internet related businesses have died because of lack of unlimited data plan.
We therefore call upon the Nigerian government and the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) to come to our aid and license an ISP/Telecoms operator that will provide fast, cheap and affordable unlimited internet service to all and sundry. We cannot continue like this any more.
Information, Educative books, Videos, Music, Pictures, Antivirus software, Applications all require heavy data in order to enjoy them. Excluding all these from the internet makes the internet not worth while and very boring.     

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NCC instructs 14 day Grace before data expiration

The monthly data subscription of all the telecommunication operators in the country gives customers a 30-day period to exhaust their subscription or roll-over unused data by subscribing for another 30 data before the expiration of the previous one.
But the NCC has instructed all telecommunications operators to give 14 day Grace before expiration of monthly data subscription. This is a very welcomed development.