Mtn Nigeria Roll Out Strategy

MTN NIGERIA COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED Prior to 1999, which heralded the return of body politic to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 30 companies had the Digital Mobile License (DML). none of these companies were fully operational as the lacked the technical and financial capability to become the DML. Aside from the digital mobile permissione, the only active player who was much or less a monopoly was Nitel.The advent of democracy resulted in the booking of a new regulator for the telecommunications industry. One of the mandates given to the regulator was to free the telecommunications sector and to drive it to become an enabler of the Nigerian economy. The regulators foremost move was to revoke all DML licenses, free up the spectrums associated with the licenses and then turn out up the licenses to all that is interested.After a due diligence, going thru technical and financial bids, six players were invited to bid for three of the four spectrums put up for barter (the fourth w as reserved for Nitel, the government owned company). After a precise competitive, free and fair bidding process, MTN Nigeria Limited emerged as one of the good-natured bids, paying $285m for the license. As part of the terms to retaining the license, each operator of the DML license was to use the GSM technology. They were all given roll out targets, and targets on reader base. ROLL OUT STRATEGYAt a strategy management meeting, MTN identified that asunder from ensuring that the roll out and subscriber base targets are met, they also wee to get wind what ever strategy that is implemented will ensure that enthronization in the cost of the license and building of the network is recoverable and sustainable. cardinal roll out strategies were identified Width strategy and Depth strategy or a combination of both. Whichever strategy was chosen, the marketing team were to ensure that the necessary marketing strategy, slogan and drive support it