TLEECOMS SECTOR REVENUE CONTRIBUTION EXCEEDS BANKING, SOLID MINERALS, SAYS COMMUNICATION MINISTER
Nigeria’s Minister of Communications Technology, Mrs Omobola Johnson, has said the sectoral contribution of the telecoms sector to the nation’s gross domestic product has overtaken that of the banking and solid mineral put together.
The minister who spoke in Lagos at the telecoms award presentation said, “The telecommunications sector has grown in leaps and bounds since inception. It started slowly in 1980 but today, Nigeria boasts of a 90-million subscriber base, and revenue received from this sector far exceeds banking and solid minerals put together.”
“Nigeria’s migration from voice base to data base is an improvement in the way communication is explored and this further buttresses the fact that the country is ready for another 10 years of growth and hopefully it will impact the way Nigerian’s work and live,” she added.
At the event, Etisalat’s position as the most innovative telecommunications company was reinforced with its emergence as the best Telecom Innovation Company of the year. Its Chief Executive Officer, Steven Evans, was also presented with CEO of the Year Award at the 7th Annual Nigerian Telecom Awards held at the Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos, to celebrate 10 Years of Telecommunications Revolution in Nigeria and also reward excellence.
The prestigious Nigerian Telecoms Award is Nigeria’s foremost awards in the telecoms sector and has been in existence since 2004. In attendance at the event were dignitaries including former Nigerian Ambassador to Ethiopia and Founder African Refugee Foundation, Segun Olusola; former Minister for Information, Alex Akinyele, and the chief executive officers of various blue chip companies.
In her welcome address while declaring the event open, Mrs. Johnson said: The minister congratulated the winners of the various categories and implored them to continue and improve on their performances.
Receiving the award for innovation, Director Commercial Planning of Etisalat, Bisi Idowu expressed Etisalat’s gratitude for the award. “We are highly elated by this recognition as the Telecom Innovation Company for 2011. At Etisalat, we feel the pulse of our subscribers, hence we continually strive to improve our services to suit the communication needs of our subscribers and avail them a world of impossibilities on our network. We are happy to be the choice of the people,” he said.
Some of the notable innovations that Etisalat has introduced into the market include: the 0809uchoose campaign which gave subscribers the freedom and luxury to choose their number range, the Homezone tariff option that avails customers affordable rates in their preferred location, Bonus-on-incoming calls which rewards customers with one minute free call to any network for every 3 minutes call received from other networks in Nigeria and the easylife proposition.
Prior to this award, Etisalat had previously won The Most Innovative CSR Company at the Social Enterprise and Report Awards (SERA) and Most Innovative Telecoms Product of the Year with its 0809uchoose at the City People Brands Awards, among others
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