MTN Nigeria Communications Limited has emerged the Best Mobile Operator of the Year 2005 at the Nigerian Telecoms Awards ceremony.

MTN Nigeria won in the best operator category by beating Vmobile and Globacom.

Expressing delight with this new recognition, Mrs Amina Oyagbola, MTN Corporate Services Executive, described the Best Mobile Operator of the Year award as “exhilarating.”

She added that the recent Award is a confirmation of the influence of the telecoms giant in the sector and its massive impact in the lives of its teeming customers.

She disclosed that MTN opened the year 2006 with the Best CSR Company of the year at the 11th THISDAY Awards held in Lagos. That was immediately followed by a highly acclaimed international award – the Best Use of Phone in the Community, which its Rural Telephone Project won at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

Since it launched its operation in Nigeria five years ago, MTN Nigeria according to Oyabgola has won a string of awards and endorsements including THISDAY award for Brand of the Year, 2002 and 2004 and CSR Company of the Year 2005, Brand of the Year at the 2005 Nigerian Telecoms award as well as the City People Award for Excellence.

The company has also chalked up a Gold Award for Creativity and Quality of Service Delivery at the Nigerian Information Technology & Telecom Awards, NITTA 2002 and the Microsoft Award for doing the most to drive up the standards of IT services delivery in Nigeria.

In 2004, MTN was voted the Best Voice Calling Marketer of the Year at the Marketing Leaders Awards, and a Leadership Award 2004 from Card Technology Africa. The company also picked up other distinguished awards such as Most Media Friendly GSM Operator in Nigeria, Nigeria’s Most Respected Company Award as well as the Nigerian Society of Engineers award.

According to Oyagbola, “This is yet another endorsement of our continuous efforts to provide excellent service to our customers.”

Thanking the organisers for the honour, Oyagbola assured that the company was determined to uphold the confidence reposed in it by the Nigerian public. “We shall not rest on our oars. We committed to excellence and innovation” she enthused.

Over the past five years, MTN Nigeria has sustained its position as a telecoms behemoth with innovative product and marketing delivery resulting in a soaring subscriber base. MTN Nigeria, through the MTN Foundation has also earned an enviable track record of impactful social investment and community service.In a related development,Demola Elesho ,Chief Executive Officer of pioneer wireless telecommunications company, MTSFirst, emerged winner of the coveted “Best Telecom Personality” of the year award at the Nigerian Telecom Awards category..

According to organizers of the award, the choice of Eleso was informed by the remarkable rebirth of MTS and the re-positioning of the company as a major contender in the fast growing and highly competitive telecommunications industry in the country. “What Dem Eleso has accomplished with the MTS brand is simply an extra-ordinary feat and we are extremely impressed by the turn-around of the company within an incredibly short period of time.”

In his reaction at the event, Eleso dedicated the award to the resilience, hardwork, determination and support of the entire MTS staff, management, shareholders and directors of the company. He also expressed his gratitude to the organizers for the recognition extended to him and the entire MTS brand. According to Eleso “in spite of its many challenges, MTS has re-emerged to take its rightful position as a pioneer in the telecommunications industry and will continually deploy the imperative strategies aimed at actualizing its corporate objective “To be the local telecoms champion providing our customers with simple, dependable and affordable services”.

To many industry watchers, Eleso’s award is a major milestone that bears the trademark of the expertise of an emerging telecommunications icon.

Highly resourceful and forward-looking, it was the Eleso led management team’s business strategy that set off MTS on an aggressive expansion coverage to Abeokuta, Ibadan, Abuja, Port Harcourt while improving services in Lagos with over 12 additional base stations.

By sharpening the company’s marketing strategy, Eleso also increased the MTS market share. Today, the brand enjoys significant awareness and visibility which has culminated in the stimulation and sustainability of customer loyalty.

Eleso’s strings of successes however predates his appointment with MTS. Mr. Network as he is fondly called by the media, it was he who supervised and saw to the successful implementation of Y’ello Bahn, a mega backbone which earned his former employers a competing edge in the industry.

Other nominees in the category were Sifiso Dabengwa, former CEO of MTN and Chief Ezekiel Fatoye, CEO, Multilinks Telecommunications Limited. The very colorful event was chaired by Nigeria’s former military leader, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd). Also in attendance were other top government functionaries like the Minister of Communications, Chief Cornelius Adebayo, Governor Gbenga Daniel of Ogunstate, Governor Saminu Turaki of Jigawa and the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Engr. Ernest Ndukwe.

Source- http://allafrica.com/stories/200608240145.html

MTN Nigeria Communications Limited has emerged the Best Mobile Operator of the Year 2005 at the Nigerian Telecoms Awards ceremony.

MTN Nigeria won in the best operator category by beating Vmobile and Globacom.

Expressing delight with this new recognition, Mrs Amina Oyagbola, MTN Corporate Services Executive, described the Best Mobile Operator of the Year award as “exhilarating.”

She added that the recent Award is a confirmation of the influence of the telecoms giant in the sector and its massive impact in the lives of its teeming customers.

She disclosed that MTN opened the year 2006 with the Best CSR Company of the year at the 11th THISDAY Awards held in Lagos. That was immediately followed by a highly acclaimed international award – the Best Use of Phone in the Community, which its Rural Telephone Project won at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

Since it launched its operation in Nigeria five years ago, MTN Nigeria according to Oyabgola has won a string of awards and endorsements including THISDAY award for Brand of the Year, 2002 and 2004 and CSR Company of the Year 2005, Brand of the Year at the 2005 Nigerian Telecoms award as well as the City People Award for Excellence.

The company has also chalked up a Gold Award for Creativity and Quality of Service Delivery at the Nigerian Information Technology & Telecom Awards, NITTA 2002 and the Microsoft Award for doing the most to drive up the standards of IT services delivery in Nigeria.

In 2004, MTN was voted the Best Voice Calling Marketer of the Year at the Marketing Leaders Awards, and a Leadership Award 2004 from Card Technology Africa. The company also picked up other distinguished awards such as Most Media Friendly GSM Operator in Nigeria, Nigeria’s Most Respected Company Award as well as the Nigerian Society of Engineers award.

According to Oyagbola, “This is yet another endorsement of our continuous efforts to provide excellent service to our customers.”

Thanking the organisers for the honour, Oyagbola assured that the company was determined to uphold the confidence reposed in it by the Nigerian public. “We shall not rest on our oars. We committed to excellence and innovation” she enthused.

Over the past five years, MTN Nigeria has sustained its position as a telecoms behemoth with innovative product and marketing delivery resulting in a soaring subscriber base. MTN Nigeria, through the MTN Foundation has also earned an enviable track record of impactful social investment and community service.In a related development,Demola Elesho ,Chief Executive Officer of pioneer wireless telecommunications company, MTSFirst, emerged winner of the coveted “Best Telecom Personality” of the year award at the Nigerian Telecom Awards category..

According to organizers of the award, the choice of Eleso was informed by the remarkable rebirth of MTS and the re-positioning of the company as a major contender in the fast growing and highly competitive telecommunications industry in the country. “What Dem Eleso has accomplished with the MTS brand is simply an extra-ordinary feat and we are extremely impressed by the turn-around of the company within an incredibly short period of time.”

In his reaction at the event, Eleso dedicated the award to the resilience, hardwork, determination and support of the entire MTS staff, management, shareholders and directors of the company. He also expressed his gratitude to the organizers for the recognition extended to him and the entire MTS brand. According to Eleso “in spite of its many challenges, MTS has re-emerged to take its rightful position as a pioneer in the telecommunications industry and will continually deploy the imperative strategies aimed at actualizing its corporate objective “To be the local telecoms champion providing our customers with simple, dependable and affordable services”.

To many industry watchers, Eleso’s award is a major milestone that bears the trademark of the expertise of an emerging telecommunications icon.

Highly resourceful and forward-looking, it was the Eleso led management team’s business strategy that set off MTS on an aggressive expansion coverage to Abeokuta, Ibadan, Abuja, Port Harcourt while improving services in Lagos with over 12 additional base stations.

By sharpening the company’s marketing strategy, Eleso also increased the MTS market share. Today, the brand enjoys significant awareness and visibility which has culminated in the stimulation and sustainability of customer loyalty.

Eleso’s strings of successes however predates his appointment with MTS. Mr. Network as he is fondly called by the media, it was he who supervised and saw to the successful implementation of Y’ello Bahn, a mega backbone which earned his former employers a competing edge in the industry.

Other nominees in the category were Sifiso Dabengwa, former CEO of MTN and Chief Ezekiel Fatoye, CEO, Multilinks Telecommunications Limited. The very colorful event was chaired by Nigeria’s former military leader, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd). Also in attendance were other top government functionaries like the Minister of Communications, Chief Cornelius Adebayo, Governor Gbenga Daniel of Ogunstate, Governor Saminu Turaki of Jigawa and the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Engr. Ernest Ndukwe.

Source- http://allafrica.com

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