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  • Etisalat transformation: 9mobile registers domain name

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    Etisalat Nigeria transformation is underway as the telecoms firm now known as 9mobile has registered a domain name with one of accredited domain name registrars of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), WhoGoHost. The domain name is www.9mobile.com.ng that, however, still redirects to old brand website, www. etisalat.com.ng. Whois lookup on the new domain name…

  • Etisalat Nigeria changes brand name to 9Mobile

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    Following the tales and woes of Etisalat Nigeria’s $1.2 billion loan owned a consortium of 13 Nigerian banks, finally, the troubled telecoms firm has changed its brand name to 9Mobile. TheNewsGuru reports the new brand name, 9Mobile, was adopted by a sitting of the executives of the telecoms firms today in Lagos after due deliberation.…

  • Job loss: NCC addresses Etisalat Group 3 weeks ultimatum to EMTS

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    …allays fears of operation disruption The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has addressed the Etisalat Group three weeks ultimatum given Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services (EMTS) for it to change brand. The telecoms regulator vowed to protect the company from possible collapse in its operations, and assured there would be no job loss. The Commission allayed the…

  • EMTS says Etisalat Nigeria Experience Centres still in full operation

    EMTS says Etisalat Nigeria Experience Centres still in full operation

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    Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Ltd. (EMTS), trading as Etisalat Nigeria, on Tuesday said its Experience Centres were still in full operation. Mr. Ibrahim Dikko, the Vice-President, Regulatory and Corporate Affairs of EMTS, made this known in a statement in Lagos. Dikko said: “We wish to state that all Etisalat offices, Experience Centres and outlets across…

  • Etisalat Nigeria: Subscribers apprehensive as firm’s crisis deepens

    Etisalat Nigeria: Subscribers apprehensive as firm’s crisis deepens

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Subscribers on the Etisalat network have become apprehensive as the crisis rocking the “Not Just a Network, It’s an Attitude!” telecoms firm shows no signs of an end. The protracted $1.2 billion debt crisis has left UAE-based Etisalat Group, which gave Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services (EMTS) the right to operate in Nigeria as Etisalat Nigeria,…

  • Etisalat Nigeria: Change of name essential – Telecoms association

    Etisalat Nigeria: Change of name essential – Telecoms association

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    Telecoms association of Nigeria under the aegis of Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) on Tuesday has said the change of Etisalat Nigeria’s brand name was essential for effective transition. ALTON’s Chairman, Mr Gbenga Adebayo told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the change of name was part of the transition…

  • We have subsisting agreement to use Etisalat as brand name in Nigeria – EMTS

    We have subsisting agreement to use Etisalat as brand name in Nigeria – EMTS

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    The management of Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services, EMTS trading in the country as Etisalat Nigeria has said it has a subsisting agreement for the continued usage of the brand name. The management of the company said this in reaction to the three weeks ultimatum given it by United Arabs Emirate-based Etisalat Group to stop the…

  • Etisalat gives 3 weeks ultimatum to phase out of Nigeria completely

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    Etisalat has announced pull-out from Nigeria, giving a 3-week ultimatum to phase out of the country completely, after loan restructuring talks collapsed, according to a Reuters report. The Abu Dhabi’s telecoms firm operating in Nigeria as Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Limited (EMTS), otherwise known as Etisalat Nigeria, terminated its management agreement and gave the business…

  • Etisalat update: Why Chairman Osagie is resigning

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    The Chairman of Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Limited (EMTS) operating Etisalat Nigeria, Hakeem Bello-Osagie, has resigned, and a source has disclosed why the boss is stepping down. The source closed to the matter disclosed on Friday that the Chairman is resigning following the approval of a restructuring plan for the embattled telecoms firm by its…

  • Etisalat Group willingness to release brand name conditional

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    United Arab Emirates-based Emirates Telecommunications Group Company (Etisalat Group) might be unwilling to release the Etisalat brand to the consortium of banks, except the banks are prepared to fulfill certain conditions. Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Limited (EMTS), operating as Etisalat Nigeria, is using the brand name after a contractual agreement with the UAE-based telecoms giant,…