After years of struggling to gain ground in Nigeria’s fiercely competitive telecommunications market, ntel is abandoning the traditional telecom operator model that defined its early years and repositioning itself as a broader digital infrastructure company, betting that artificial intelligence, communications infrastructure and real estate will drive its next phase of growth.
The company on Tuesday unveiled what it called “The Next Frontier”, a sweeping transformation strategy that shifts its focus beyond selling voice and data services to building digital infrastructure, deploying AI-powered services, expanding tower assets and unlocking value from its extensive real estate portfolio, a strategy increasingly being adopted by telecom operators globally as traditional connectivity revenues come under pressure.
The move signals a significant change in business direction for the operator, which emerged from the remnants of the defunct NITEL. Rather than competing solely for mobile subscribers against larger rivals such as MTN, Airtel and Globacom, ntel wants
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