Written by Simnikiwe Mzekandaba | From IT Web Africa

South African mobile operator group MTN plans to spend more than $3 billion to improve its network infrastructure in Nigeria, the Business Day newspaper has reported.

MTN Nigeria is the West African nation’s largest mobile operator with more than 50 million subscribers in that country.

And according to the Business Day newspaper, MTN plans to spend $3 billion over a three year period to improve the quality of its service in its biggest market.

MTN South Africa chief executive officer, Sifiso Dabengwa acknowledged that MTN has challenges with quality of service driven by “high demand” in Nigeria, it was reported.

“We’ll continue to invest at this rate in the medium term, and make sure the overall quality of service is acceptable,” he said.

This isn’t the first attempt by MTN to improve the quality of its service in the Nigerian market.

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