Number of Locations covered in the Review = 1 (One)
Locations covered in the Review = Calabar in Cross River State, Nigeria.
Nigeria has 5 (five) GSM networks, namely (in no particular order); Zain Nigeria, Globacom Nigeria, MTN Nigeria, MTel Nigeria and Etisalat Nigeria.
The quality of the Blackberry Internet Service on these networks was thoroughly tested and reviewed with regards to; GPRS Presence, EDGE Presence, 3G Presence, Overall Data Network Speed (24hrs/day) and Total Data Network Availability (Monthly Average).
ZAIN NIGERIA
GPRS Presence: Yes
EDGE Presence: Yes
3G Presence: No
Overall Data Network Speed (24hrs/day): Fast from 00:00hrs (midnight) to 07:00hrs. Very slow and almost impossible to browse the web from 10:00hrs to 20:00hrs. Average Speed from 21:00hrs up till midnight.
Total Data Network Availability (Monthly Average of 30days): 22 days
GLOBACOM NIGERIA
GPRS Presence: Yes
EDGE Presence: Yes
3G Presence: No
Overall Data Network Speed (24hrs/day): Rocket Fast from 00:00hrs (midnight) to 08:00hrs. Average speeds throughout the afternoons and evenings. Speed is above average at night.
Total Data Network Availability (Monthly Average): 19 – 20 days
MTN NIGERIA
GPRS Presence: Yes
EDGE Presence: Yes
3G Presence: Yes [Very Few Selected Areas]
Overall Data Network Speed (24hrs/day): Very Fast from 00:00hrs (midnight) to 07:30hrs. An average speed throughout the remaining part of the day. However, it does get very fast intermittently.
Total Data Network Availability (Monthly Average of 30 days): 29.5 days
MTEL NIGERIA
GPRS Presence: No
EDGE Presence: No
3G Presence: No
Overall Data Network Speed (24hrs/day): NIL
Total Data Network Availability (Monthly Average of 30 days): NIL
ETISALAT NIGERIA
GPRS Presence: Yes
EDGE Presence: Yes
3G Presence: No
Data Network Speed (24hrs/day): Very Fast from 00:00hrs (midnight) to 08:00hrs. Averagely fast during the afternoons up till night.
Total Data Network Availability (Monthly Average of 30 days): 20 days
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unlike MTN is blackberry.net
GLO is glosucer
then the one of etisalat is what ?
Posted by ND | May 8, 2012, 12:04 pmYour question does not match up. What exactly is your question. What you wrote above does not even exist.
Posted by Eta Uso Jr | May 8, 2012, 7:14 pmMy blackberry has blackberry messager installed but I can’t find it
Posted by $cott | December 7, 2012, 9:16 pmCheck and ensure your icons are not hidden
Posted by Eta Uso Jr | December 8, 2012, 4:28 amplease do u know the etisalat proxy host and proxy port
Posted by kk | May 30, 2012, 12:34 pmlooking for how 2 make free cal on any netwrk
Posted by mine | June 6, 2012, 4:41 pmNice thoughts. However its illegal. Therefore I would advice you tap into the many of the available packages on any of the networks that offer very cheap calls
Posted by Eta Uso Jr | June 6, 2012, 9:01 pmThank u for impacting us with ur knowledge. I wanted to know if airtel supports 2G network in blackberry phones like 8830?
Posted by michael imoisili | August 6, 2012, 6:29 pmSure it does.
Posted by Eta Uso Jr | August 6, 2012, 7:14 pm