By Emele Onu
Mobile-phone users in Nigeria will be able to change service providers and retain their numbers under new regulations from today, increasing competition between companies including MTN Group Ltd. (MTN) and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (BHARTI)
The new rules are among a series of measures introduced by the regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission, to help increase competition and deliver more benefits to consumers, Reuben Muoka, a spokesman for the NCC, said in a phone interview from Abuja, the capital, on April 19. Rates for calls between different phone companies were set 40 percent lower from April 1.
