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- Telephone Services
The telephone is one of the fastest means of communication in Nigeria and all around the world. With the telephone, it is possible for individuals and corporate bodies, to get in touch with their customers and suppliers with relative ease, within or outside the country.
Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) a sister corporation to NIPOST, used to be in charge of telecommunication services in the past, in Nigeria.
In January 2001, NITEL was deregulated, and provisional licenses were issued to three private organizations that bid successfully, for the Global System of Mobile Communication (GSM) to provide mobile telephone services alongside NITEL/M-tel. Over the years, other communication companies have been licensed to provide GSM, and other forms of telephone services, in Nigeria.
These organisations are:
- Airtel Nigeria Ltd – former Econet, Vmobile, Celtel, Zain (With GSM lines beginning with 08020, 0808, 0812 and 0708)
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