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Zain Nigeria Now Officially Airtel

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Zain Nigeria finally and formally changed its brand identity to Airtel. This was after concluding a $10.7 billion transaction in June this year, which gave Indian Bharti Airtel the Zain Group’s Celtel Africa Unit. The name change, which happened Friday across the country changes the African footprints of Zain to now  AirTel . The name change brings to sixth the number of times the company would have to change identity since 2001 it started operations in Nigeria . In a colourful celebration to herald the new name in Abuja yesterday, Chairman of the company, Mr Sunil Bharti Mittal promised that the company has come to stay. He also promised that the company would bring innovations that would not allow it dissolve into another company just like the company has done in the past. According to him, “Bharti began its African journey by promising to deliver world class and affordable mobile services to customers and delighting them with innovative products. I believe we are taking a ...

ZAIN NIGERIA...WHAT HAS CALABAR DONE TO YOU?

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I write this message with regards to the consistent grief and unequivocal failure being showcased by ZAIN Nigeria in Calabar, Cross River State. I have been a Zain subscriber since the year 2004. My Zain line, back then which was known as Econet Wireless, was the first gsm line I ever had. From the day I subscribed to this network in 2004 till date, it has been a case of continuous and consistent poor quality of service. All my friends, immediate family members and relations who back then were all on the Zain network, have all migrated to other networks and have permanently dumped their Zain lines which have been since disconnected by the network due to inactivity. I am the only person and I mean, the only person, within my clique of friends and family members that still uses the Zain network. My only reason for being loyal to the Zain network even with her consistent failure is just because it was my first line and it happens to be the line I put in my Year Book during my High School...