Alas! Embattled Etisalat Nigeria changes name to 9Mobile

Etisalat Nigeria is now set to change its brand name to 9Mobile

Daily Post is reporting that an announcement to the effect will be made soon.

Etisalat had terminated a management agreement with its Nigerian arm and will phase out the brand in three weeks.

EMTS in talks with Etisalat Nigeria to keep brand name

Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Ltd (EMTS), trading as Etisalat Nigeria, has admitted that the Nigeria arm is still the soul of its business.

The company was reacting to news of Etisalat Group’s withdrawal of the right to the continued use of the Etisalat brand in Nigeria by EMTS, stating that it “still has a valid and subsisting agreement with the Etisalat Group, which entitles EMTS to use the Etisalat brand, notwithstanding the recent changes within the Company”.

KABOOM!!! Hehehehe... Etisalat pulls out of Nigeria

Etisalat has terminated its management agreement with its Nigerian arm and has given Etisalat Nigeria three weeks to phase out the brand in the country.

The decision of the Abu Dhabi owned telecommunications networks resulted after its $1.7 billion loan talks collapsed.

NCC, CBN halt Etisalat’s takeover

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have got reprieve for Etisalat on the loan default crisis facing the company.

Mr Tony Ojobo, the Director of Public Affairs of NCC said in a statement on Saturday in Lagos, that the reprieve came following a meeting convened by CBN and NCC to find a quick resolution to the crisis.