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November 02, 2005
GSM Association and MTN Nigeria plan for $30 GSM handsets in Nigeria
Nigeria will benefit from a programme by the GSM Association (GSMA) for handsets costing below $30 (US) aimed to make mobile telephony affordable to the unconnected segments of the population in developing nations.
The GSMA programme which is led by Erik Aas, chief executive of Grameen Phone Limited of Bangladesh, is supported by 10 other leading operators in emerging market which includes MTN Group and Vodacom. The operators are expected to order about six million of these low cost handsets from Motorola.
Posted by admin at November 2, 2005 02:13 PM