ABUJA – Plans have reached very advanced stage to launch two new Made-in-Nigeria mobile phone brands into the nation's booming telephony market later this year, the Phone and Allied Products Dealers Association, PAPDAN has disclosed. President of PAPDAN, Mr Godfrey Iyke Nwosu, who disclosed the plan, said that the Made in Nigeria phone brands is the outcome of a joint venture among 20 Nigerian investors, who have pooled resources to introduce devices that will cater to local market needs.
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The two new phone brands will be called iQ and MaxTel.
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Nwosu said that PAPDAN had identified a growing appetite for cutting-edge technologies among Nigerian telecoms consumers, noting that the two Nigerian brands will cater to three market segments.