Nigerian mobile phone company Globacom to start operating in Ghana

Nigeria’s giant mobile telecommunications operator, Globacom, has been granted licence to operate GSM mobile telephony in Ghana, bringing to six the number of operators in the country. An Accra-based radio station quoted sources at the National Communications Autho rity (NCA) as saying the licence went for $50 million and that the Nigerian company emerged tops of the “highly competitive” bidding process largely for its “technical presentation, extensive roll-out plan and pedigree”. It said the NCA’s Board of Directors per a letter dated 12 June, 2008, notified the management of Glo Mobile Ghana of their success.