Running telecoms business in Nigeria is quite expensive

The surviving telecommunications operators in the country are not finding it easy and funny thriving the business. Recently it was in the news that some banks had taken over Etisalat Nigeria for failure to pay back loan as agreed. Why would telecommunications services both voice and data services not be expensive in Nigeria when compared with other parts of the world? When the cost of maintaining a mast or BTS is so alarming.
It is currently on record that the telecommunications operators in Nigeria, MTN, Airtel, Globacom, Etisalat have Base Transceiver Stations(BTS) amounting to 60,000 respectively nationwide. These BTSs are solely powered by generator sets. This means each Global System Mobile operator have at least 60,000 generators each. Can you beat that? Those who adjudged Nigeria as the most expensive country to do business are very correct. This is why voice and data services tariff are still on the high side in Nigeria when compared with what is obtainable in advanced countries. No thanks to Gencos and Discos for their inability to provide uninterrupted electricity supply.
The CDMA operators are also not left out in this plight. Multilinks, Helios Towers and IHS communications have 19,000 BTS respectively nationwide. These are definitely being powered by 19,000 generators for real. It is better imagined what these telecommunications companies go through to fuel these mast 24/7, 365 days. Kudos to those telecommunications operators still thriving despite this situation.

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