How Gsm Phones Has Changed the Lives of Nigerians

With the coming of the GSM in Nigeria in 2001 first withnumbers could have as much as 11 digits.
the then ECONET, MTN, MTEL and GLOBACOMLadies would seem the most beneficiaries of GSM
every single Nigerian has quite an interesting story tophones in Nigeria the reason being that advancements
tell. These mobile phones in the past were consideredmade to them attract monetary gift in form of
status symbols in the Nigerian society but thisrecharge cards. Recharge card is a well known
consideration has now been consigned to oblivion ascommon name for phone credit card. The situation is
everyone in the Nigerian society can now be held innow considered unprecedented a means of extorting
high esteem. “All Animals are now equal”money from boys. Subsequently “send me
Children now carry mobile phones to school. Sadly, wecredit” is now a common language in Nigeria
Nigerians forget too soon therefore only a few peopleA new name also crept into the Nigerian phone
can remember that only an opulent man in the Nigeriandictionary. This is “business centre” a kind of
society once carried this mobile phone.umbrella shade provided by owners of such
We are now well tutored in phone terminologies suchbusinesses and usually in the colors of service
as no network, network failure, no network coverage,providers. Above all, Nigerians have learnt to speak
no SIM, battery low and so on. This have all enrichedvery briefly on the phone as repeated speeches on
our sense of phone dictionaries. We can now sendthe phone could be very costly. A general lesson of
text messages and even browse online, listen to musicthis is that nothing in life is free. Talking is therefore no
and watch video on our phones. Courtesy of theexception of this. Welcome GSM to Nigeria.
coming of GSM in Nigeria, we realized that phone