As a result, the GSM operators, like Globacome and others, who have their network almost everywhere in the country with required financial muscle to support and build their network are now coming to the rescue of subscribers.
He said, by virtue of their national presence, subscribers on GSM networks were able move freely to anywhere in the country without having to face immediate coverage limitation typical of Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA, networks.
Speaking in the same vein, the President, National Association of Telecom Subscribers, Chief Deolu Ogunbanjo, said the limitation in network coverage could discourage mobile telecoms subscribers to stick to a CDMA line for long, arguing that “GSM offers wider coverage than the CDMA and this could be a point of attraction to customers.”
He specifically noted that players in the CDMA segment have the limitation of technology, inadequate financial muscle and low innovations in terms of offering value-added services to their customer.
Over the years, the merger option has been recommended for the CDMA operators to create a strong network with national coverage that will be able to compete with their GSM counterparts but the idea, first advocated by the former Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Mr. Ernest Ndukwe, was not considered by the operators until last month, when some CDMA operators announced moves to merge as a single operator.
The President, Association of Telecoms Companies of Nigeria, Mr. Lanre Ajayi expressed hope that though the CDMA segment of the nation’s telecoms sector industry has been in doldrums for the past few years, the new merger arrangement, if well implemented, might open a new chapter for the operators.
“The development holds a good omen for the CDMA sector in Nigeria and subscribers who dumped their land lines would dust them up and make good use of them once again and I think this may be the beginning of a turnaround for the ailing operators.”
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