Friday 20 April 2012

Visafone sees opportunities in mobile money, broadband

Leading Code Division Multiple Access telecoms player in the country, Visafone Communications Limited, has said it is not closing its eyes to the huge opportunities available in the mobile money space.

As such, its Chiarman, Mr. Jim, Ovia, said the company was poised to operate as a dominant player in the mobile money market as well as in mobile broadband where it had comparative advantage.

Ovia, who spoke through the Managing Director, Visafone, Mr. Sailesh Iyer, during the company’s dealers’ meet recently, said the firm’s strategic plan would ensure that it took a leadership position in mobile money, cash-less Nigeria and convergence.

He said, “The company’s strategic plan will guarantee that exciting times are ahead of us with mobile money, cash-less Nigeria and convergence slated to encompass our lives. Visafone and our perfect partner family are getting ready to take leadership positions in all of these.

“We at Visafone shall aspire to pioneer innovative solutions in the market place with pocket-friendly solutions and offerings. We are also set to introduce new and exciting devices through our network, including tablets and affordable smartphones.”

Outlining a detailed three-year roadmap for the company, Ovia said, “We are all set to embark on a new journey focused on the new paradigm of market dynamics by expanding our voice and data network on which we are investing billions of naira.”

According to him, aggressive Internet penetration will lead to economic growth for Nigeria, adding that the company will drive this by investing on infrastructure ahead of time in order to reap the benefits.

He said, “It is estimated that by 2015, Nigerian would be using wireless broadband services worth N600bn besides having 70 million Internet users.

“As our future growth strategy, we will also be deploying the Long Term Evolution Technology as soon as the infrastructure and other resources are available to keep us at par with the global competitive environment.”

Ovia recalled that Visafone was adjudged by the Nigerian Communications Commission to have performed more than all other operators in the telecoms sector in its 2011 Quality of Service report.

He stressed that the parameters of service used were call set up, call success rate, traffic channel congestion and call completion rate.

While assuring the company’s partners of continuous collaboration, Ovia, said, “We will continue to partner and engage with you very closely towards delivering a superlative mobile broadband experience to our customers and ensure we garner a significant market share of that pie leading to high returns for all of you.”

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