Visafone, the only surviving Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) operator in Nigeria has been acquired recently by MTN Nigeria (the giant telecommunication company in Nigeria). According to information Viewers Corner News received, Amina Oyagbola (MTN executive) disclosed this in Lagos and stated that the acquisition of Visafone by MTN Nigeria will help to improve the quality of its broadband services. The acquisition has led to the sack of majority of the Visafone workers (about two thousand staff of Visafone were laid off). Viewers Corner News correspondent learnt that the only group of Visafone staff retained by MTN Nigeria were those in the personnel and transmission departments.
Source: Viewers Corner News.