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VISAFONE BECOMES THE FIRST OMH COMPLIANT NETWORK IN AFRICA
VISAFONE ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT IT HAS MET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS TO COMPLY WITH THE CDMA DEVELOPMENT GROUP’S (CDG) OMH INITIATIVE, AND IS THE FIRST OPERATOR IN AFRICA TO DO SO. IN COOPERATION WITH QUALCOMM INCORPORATED TO READY ITS CDMA NETWORK IN NIGERIA, VISAFONE COMPLETED THE APPLICABLE NETWORK TESTING TO DECLARE ITS NETWORK OMH-COMPLIANCE.

WITH THIS CERTIFICATION, VISAFONE IS EXPECTED TO OFFER SIM CARDS THAT CAN BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY FROM HANDSETS, THUS OFFERING SUBSCRIBERS MORE FREEDOM OF CHOICE BETWEEN SELECTING A HANDSET. AS AN OMH-COMPLIANT OPERATOR, VISAFONE WILL SUPPORT OMH DEVICES THAT WILL BE SOLD ACROSS THE ENTIRE CDMA ECOSYSTEM.

OMH IS A CDG INITIATIVE THAT OPENS DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS AND INCREASES CDMA DEVICE VARIETY. IT AIMS TO DO SO BY SEPARATING A SUBSCRIBER’S DECISION TO BUY A HANDSET AND A DECISION TO BUY AN OMH SIM CARD FROM THEIR PREFERRED CDMA SERVICES PROVIDER. VISAFONE’S NETWORK NOW ALLOWS SUBSCRIBERS TO CONTINUE UTILIZING THEIR EXISTING DATA SERVICES WHEN THEY SWITCH HANDSETS AND HELPS TO INCREASE HANDSET AVAILABILITY BY OPTIMIZING DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS. SUBSCRIBERS CAN NOW WALK INTO A MOBILE PHONE SHOP AND PURCHASE AN OMH HANDSET AND SEPARATELY PURCHASE A SIM CARD FROM THEIR PREFERRED OMH-ENABLED OPERATOR, KNOWING THAT THEIR DATA SERVICES WILL BE SUPPORTED BY OTHER OMH HANDSETS. OMH HANDSETS, ALREADY AVAILABLE IN INDIA, ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN NIGERIA IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2010.

MR. R. BALACHANDRAN, MANAGING DIRECTOR AND CEO OF VISAFONE, STATED: “OMH INCREASES CDMA HANDSET VARIETY, AS IT CREATES A FRAMEWORK WHERE VENDORS CAN DISTRIBUTE HANDSETS ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT MARKETS. THE OMH INITIATIVE ENCOURAGES TELECOM PROVIDERS SUCH AS VISAFONE TO ROLLOUT OMH SO THAT DEALERS AND SUBSCRIBERS HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY, MORE CHOICE AND MORE ACCESS TO CDMA DEVICES. OMH DEFINITELY OPTIMIZES CDMA DEVICE DISTRIBUTION AND MODEL AVAILABILITY, MAKING IT EASIER FOR HANDSET MODELS TO MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE NIGERIAN MARKET FASTER.” TO READY THEIR NETWORK FOR OMH, VISAFONE COLLABORATED WITH QUALCOMM INCORPORATED AND CDG. “AS THE FIRST OMH-COMPLIANT OPERATOR IN AFRICA, VISAFONE IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF A GLOBAL INITIATIVE,” SAID PERRY LAFORGE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CDMA DEVELOPMENT GROUP (CDG).

VISAFONE CUSTOMERS NOW HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO CHOOSE FROM A LARGER, MORE AFFORDABLE SELECTION OF CDMA DEVICES.” VISAFONE PRIDES ITSELF AS NIGERIA’S FASTEST GROWING MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS PROVIDER WITH PRESENCE IN 22 STATES AND OVER 170 CITIES ACROSS THE NATION. THE WHOLLY NIGERIAN COMPANY OPERATES WITH THE SERVICE IDEALS OF QUALITY, CLARITY AND COVERAGE. THE NETWORK WHICH PROMISES TO RENEW THE JOY OF COMMUNICATION AND GIVE NIGERIANS THE PASSPORT TO REACH THE WORLD WAS AWARDED ‘THE MOST INNOVATIVE TELECOMS COMPANY OF THE YEAR’ FOR 2008.

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VISAFONE CHANGES THE GAME, PARTNERS NOKIA FOR GROWTH
VISAFONE, NIGERIA’S FOURTH LARGEST MOBILE OPERATOR AND NOKIA, PIONEER IN MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THE WORLD’S LEADING MAKER OF MOBILE DEVICES HAVE SUCCESSFULLY PARTNERED TO BRING GROWTH TO THE NIGERIAN TELECOMS INDUSTRY.

THE PARTNERSHIP, THE FIRST BETWEEN A CDMA OPERATOR AND NOKIA WILL SEE NOKIA PROVIDING DUAL BAND MOBILE CDMA HANDSETS FOR CONSUMERS THROUGH ITS OVER 3000 AUTHORIZED DEALER OUTLETS NATIONWIDE, VISAFONE SHOPS AND KIOSKS, AS WELL AS THROUGH VISAFONE STRATEGIC PARTNERS (VSPS) IN NIGERIA. THE AIM BEING TO PROMOTE OPEN MARKET AVAILABILITY OF CDMA DEVICES WITH SIMILAR FEATURES AND AESTHETICS AS WITH GSM HANDSETS.

THE VISAFONE-NOKIA PARTNERSHIP IS IN MANY WAYS A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FOR VISAFONE AND AN AFFIRMATION OF THE COMING OF AGE OF THE CDMA SUBSECTOR. THE AGGRESSIVE GROWTH IN THE SUBSCRIBER BASE OF CDMA OPERATORS WHICH HAS IN MANY WAYS BEEN LED BY VISAFONE, HAS GIVEN MOBILE HANDSET MANUFACTURERS AND SUPPLIERS THE CONFIDENCE TO MAKE CDMA DEVICES DIRECTLY AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBERS IN THE SUBSECTOR. VISAFONE REACHED A SUBSCRIBER BASE OF 3 MILLION IN LESS THAN 15 MONTHS OF OPERATION.

NOKIA’S CHOICE OF PARTNERSHIP WITH VISAFONE IS PREDICATED ON THE LATTER’S AGGRESSIVE GROWTH, WIDE COVERAGE, OVER 3 MILLION SUBSCRIBER BASE AND SALE OF OVER 4 MILLION PHONES WITHIN ITS FIRST YEAR OF OPERATIONS.

IN THE PILOT PHASE OF THE PARTNERSHIP, NOKIA WILL INTRODUCE 4 DUAL-BAND CDMA MODELS IN THE MID TO HIGH-END RANGE. EACH DEVICE COMES WITH EXCITING FEATURES: DATA COMPATIBILITY, CAMERA, FM RADIO AND MUSIC CAPABILITIES INCLUDING 12-MONTHS WARRANTY. THE DEVICES WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ALL NOKIA AUTHORIZED RETAIL OUTLETS, VISAFONE BRANDED OUTLETS AS WELL AS THROUGH VISAFONE STRATEGIC PARTNERS (VSPS).

SPEAKING ON THE PARTNERSHIP, NINAN THOMAS, MD/CEO VISAFONE SAID, “VISAFONE HAS MADE A PROMISE TO BRING THE JOY OF COMMUNICATIONS TO NIGERIANS. BY ENTERING INTO THIS EPOCH MAKING PARTNERSHIP, WE CAN EXTEND OUR PROVISION OF SUPERIOR AND HIGH QUALITY TELECOM SERVICES IN BOTH VOICE AND DATA.”

PHILLIP DE LA VEGA GENERAL MANAGER NOKIA NIGERIA CONTINUED, “NOKIA AIMS TO CONNECT NIGERIANS IN NEW DIFFERENT WAYS. WITH OUR CDMA DEVICES AND VISAFONE, NIGERIANS WILL BE BETTER CONNECTED TO WHAT MATTERS AND EMPOWERS THEM TO MAKE THE MOST OF EVERY MOMENT”.

THE VISAFONE-NOKIA PARTNERSHIP IS EXPECTED TO HELP VISAFONE EXTEND ITS LEADERSHIP IN THE CDMA SUBSECTOR. VISAFONE CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON ITS THREE-PRONGED BUSINESS MODEL OF DELIVERING WORLD CLASS SERVICE, WIDE COVERAGE AND EXCELLENT VOICE CLARITY ENDEARING IT TO NIGERIANS AS IT PROVIDES “A PASSPORT TO REACH THE WORLD.”

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VISAFONE AT W.Afri.Tel 2009
VISAFONE, NIGERIA’S 4TH LARGEST TELECOM OPERATOR IS TAKING PART IN THE WEST AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL TELECOM EXHIBITION (W.Afri.Tel) LECTURES AND EXHIBITIONS PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR’S EDITION OF THE PRESTIGIOUS AND PRE-EMINENT WEST AFRICA GATHERING OF THE ICT TRIBE. THE ANNUAL EVENT IS NOW IN ITS 9TH YEAR. THE EVENT BEGINS JUNE 2, 2009 AND WILL RUN TILL JUNE 4, 2009.

 

VISAFONE AT CTO 2009
VISAFONE, NIGERIA’S 4TH LARGEST TELECOM OPERATOR IS TAKING PART IN THE WEEK- LONG ACTIVITIES AT THE US EMBASSY SPONSORED ANNUAL CTO EVENT SHOWCASING THE BEST OF COMPUTERS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND OFFICE EQUIPMENT. VISAFONE IS SHOWCASING ITS BESPOKE PRODUCTS AND VALUE ADDED SERVICES AT ITS EXHIBITION STAND.

VISAFONE IS LEADERSHIP CDMA OPERATOR OF THE YEAR 2008
VISAFONE WAS BESTOWED WITH THE BEST CDMA OPERATOR OF THE YEAR 2008 AWARD BY THE LEADERSHIP NEWSPAPERS AT A PRESTIGIOUS EVENT WHICH TOOK PLACE AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER, ABUJA ON APRIL 29, 2008.

 

 

VISAFONE EMERGES CDMA COMPANY OF THE YEAR 2009
VISAFONE WAS NAMED CDMA COMPANY OF THE YEAR AT THIS YEARS EDITION OF THE TITANS OF TECH ICT MERIT AWARDS WHICH HELD AT EKO HOTELS AND SUITYES. JIM OVIA, FOUNDER OF VISAFONE WAS ALSO INDUCTED INTO THE ICT HALL FO FAME ALONGSIDE OTHER ICT ENTREPRENEURS AND INDUSTRY LEADERS.

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VISAFONE UNVEILS VISAFONE FORTUNES PROMO
LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER THE GRAND FINALE OF ITS WIDELY ACCLAIMED ’12 CARS IN 12 WEEKS’ BONANZA, VISAFONE UNVEILED A BRAND NEW PROMO, “VISAFONE FORTUNES”. IN THE NEW PROMO, WHICH WILL RUN FOR 8 WEEKS (FROM 17TH OF FEBRUARY TO THE 17TH OF APRIL 2009) 100 SUBSCRIBERS WILL STAND THE CHANCE TO WIN N100,000 EACH. THERE WILL BE FOUR DRAWS DURING THAT PERIOD DURING THAT PERIOD, AT WHICH THE WINNERS WILL BE SELECTED. SUBSCRIBERS WILL NEED TO RECHARGE A MINIMUM OF N500.00 IN A WEEK TO QUALIFY FOR THAT WEEK

VISAFONE INTRODUCES FREE MIDNIGHT CALLS
VISA CHILL IS A NEW PACKAGE OFFERING VISAFONE SUBSCRIBERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE FREE MIDNIGHT CALLS BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 12AM AND 4.30AM EVERY DAY.  IT IS THE LATEST IN AN IMPRESSIVE LIST OF “FIRSTS” THAT THE COMPANY HAS ROLLED OUT SINCE INCEPTION. TO MIGRATE TO VISA CHILL, ALL SUBSCRIBERS HAVE TO DO IS DIAL A SHORT CODE (*444*116#). AN SMS CONFIRMATION WILL BE RECEIVED IF THE MIGRATION IS SUCCESSFUL. SUBSCRIBERS ARE EXPECTED TO USE A MINIMUM OF N60 DAILY IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE FREE MIDNIGHT CALLS.

VISAFONE INTRODUCES VALENTINE PROMO
IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS MISSION TO SPREAD THE JOY OF COMMUNICATIONS TO NIGERIANS, VISAFONE LAUNCHED AN EXCITING VALENTINE PROMO, “VISA TO LOVE”. THE VISA TO LOVE PROMO GAVE SUBSCRIBERS A CHANCE TO WIN LCD TVS, GENERATORS, WASHING MACHINES, HOME THEATRE SYSTEMS, SPLIT ACS, MOTO QS AND OTHER FANTASTIC PRIZES. THE PROMO RAN FROM 4TH FEBRUARY TO 21ST FEBRUARY 2009. TO QUALIFY, ALL SUBSCRIBERS HAD TO DO WAS TEXT THE WORD “LOVE” TO 35100

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VISAFONE WINS ICT COMPANY OF THE YEAR AWARD AT 2009 THISDAY AWARDS

 

VISAFONE FANTASTIC BONANZA ENDS WITH 4 MORE WINNERS

VISAFONE, NIGERIA'S FASTEST GROWING MOBILE PHONE COMPANY HOSTED A LARGE CROWD OF ITS TEEMING SUBSCRIBERS, HIGHLY ESTEEMED VISAFONE STRATEGIC PARTNERS (VSPS) AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE PRESS AT THE INAUGURAL DRAW FOR VISAFONE'S ONGOING FANTASTIC BONANZA -12 CARS IN 12 WEEKS PROMO.

TWO SUBSCRIBERS EMERGED LUCKY WINNERS IN THE DRAW.

THE TWO LUCKY WINNERS ARE SAMSON KOLAWOLE FOR WEEK 1 AND FRANCIS IKE FOR WEEK 2. SAMSON KOLAWOLE WORKS AS A GATEMAN/DRIVER WITH 7UP BOTTLING COMPANY, SATELITE DEPOT, IWO ROAD, IBADAN.

WHILE THE WINNER FOR WEEK 2, FRANCIS IKE IS AN ABUJA BASED DRINKS SELLER WHO RESIDES IN THE GWAGWALADA AREA OF ABUJA.

 

VISAFONE BEGINS COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS IN ABRAKA

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VISAFONE BEGINS COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS IN AKURE

 

VISAFONE BEGINS COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS IN AGBOR

3 MORE WINNERS EMERGE IN VISAFONE PROMO.

CHRISTMAS ARRIVED TWO WEEKS EARLY FOR PASTOR MRS. FLORENCE N. TOBY (07025634889), MRS ZAINAB SALAMI (07026808481) AND MR. EMEKA IGENAKA (07026457078), THE LATEST SUBSCRIBERS ON THE VISAFONE NETWORK TO EMERGE WINNERS OF BRAND NEW KIA RIO CARS IN THE ONGOING VISAFONE FANTASTIC BONANZA 12 CARS IN 12 WEEKS PROMO.

THE WINNERS WERE PICKED IN THE 3RD RAFFLE DRAW IN THE SERIES WHICH HELD AT THE SERENE WATER FRONT AMBIENCE OF THE CIVIC CENTER ON OZUMBA MBADIWE ROAD, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2008.

 

VISAFONE BEGINS COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS IN OSOGBO