{"id":15594,"date":"2012-10-16T06:01:49","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T04:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/10\/update-1-nigerias-starcomms-to-merge-with-multilinks-mts-regulator\/"},"modified":"2012-10-16T06:01:49","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T04:01:49","slug":"update-1-nigerias-starcomms-to-merge-with-multilinks-mts-regulator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-nigerias-starcomms-to-merge-with-multilinks-mts-regulator\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-Nigeria&#8217;s Starcomms to merge with Multilinks, MTS-regulator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Three operators have submitted applications for merger<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Mobile subscribers in Nigeria to hit 120 million next year<\/p>\n<p> (Adds quotes from official)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">DUBAI<\/span> Oct 15 (Reuters) &#8211; Three of Nigeria&#8217;s CDMA mobile<br \/>\noperators &#8211; Starcomms, Multilinks and MTS &#8211; are<br \/>\nseeking approval to merge, the Nigerian telecoms regulator said<br \/>\non Monday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lolia Emakpore, a director of the Nigerian Communications<br \/>\nCommission (NCC), told Reuters at a telecoms conference in Dubai<br \/>\nshe expects the mobile subscriber base in Nigeria to grow 14<br \/>\npercent next year to 120 million.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Most subscribers are on systems that use the GSM technology<br \/>\nand CDMA operators have been hardest hit by increasing<br \/>\ncompetition.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The discussions are going on and are not concluded yet.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s purely a commercial thing between the companies,&#8221; she said<br \/>\nof the proposed three way merger. &#8220;We are looking at them coming<br \/>\ntogether and becoming a bigger CDMA provider.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Asked whether they had already submitted applications to the<br \/>\nregulator to merge, she said: &#8220;I believe so.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Starcomms is the only telecoms company in Nigeria that is<br \/>\nlisted on the local bourse.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The number of mobile users in Africa&#8217;s most populous nation<br \/>\ncrossed the 100 million subscriber base in the first half of the<br \/>\nyear, adding six million new callers from 2011.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Three operators have submitted applications for merger * Mobile subscribers in Nigeria to hit 120 million next year (Adds quotes from official) DUBAI Oct 15 (Reuters) &#8211; Three of Nigeria&#8217;s CDMA mobile operators &#8211; Starcomms, Multilinks and MTS &#8211; are seeking approval to merge, the Nigerian telecoms regulator said on Monday. 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