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