The Speakeezee stores are designed to be a one-stop-shop for the acquisition, repair and maintenance of quality mobile phones and accessories with a customer centric focus aimed at achieving 100% customer satisfaction.
PNN had late last year, after the injection of expansion capital by Aureos West Africa into PNN, announced her intention to deploy mobile phone retail outlets in all Nigerian cities and towns by December, 2009
Speaking at a media parley recently, Alhaji AbdulRahman Abiola-Odunowo (AJ), the Managing Director/CEO of PNN highlighted the fact that the agreement is expected to fulfill the missing component within the Nigerian telecoms environment. The synergy is expected to fill the void that exists in the delivery of excellent technical support and unbiased service in the retail sector of the Telecom industry. He said, “This agreement with Speakeezee is the beginning of great things to come. The Speakeezee brand is synonymous with our service and value aspirations. As you all know, Speakeezee mobile stores have been around since 1992 and have remained consistent in offering intelligent cutting edge services. We are taking mobile retail business to a level of excellence’’
Also speaking at the media parley, Otunba Dotun Olakunri, the founder and CEO of Speakeezee explained that this agreement is a result of close collaboration between us and PNN over the last 10 years. “The decision to develop Speakeezee retail brand with PNN is based on the fact that the management of PNN has shown an understanding of what the Speakeezee brand stands for and what the expectation of Speakeezee clients are. We believe that the synergy with PNN will further enable Speakeezee deliver our excellent value to the Nigerian public who have consistently yearned for quality and independent service offerings.”
Otunba Olakunri further stated that this is an exciting period for Speakeezee. According to him “Mobile Technology is evolving at a pace that needs a dynamic and forward looking outfit like Speakeezee, partnering with PNN, to adapt to the ever increasing change in the Telecoms industry and bring intelligent cutting edge services to the door step of Nigerians’’
The roll out plan will commence on the 1st of September, 2008 and will entail the opening of Speakeezee outlets in various parts of the country in Phases. The 1st two phases will be deployed as follows:
Phase 1: Ten (10) Speakeezee outlets to be launched in Lagos (Ikeja, Surulere, Victoria Island), Jos, Ado-Ekiti, Kano, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Asaba and Benin.
Phase 2: Twenty Five (25) Speakeezee outlets to be launched in Lagos (Awolowo Road, Lagos Island, Apapa, Yaba, Lekki,Isolo), Kaduna, Abuja, Warri, Onitsha, Eket, Ibadan, Owerri, Abeokuta, Ijebu-Ode, Akure, Calabar, Bauchi, Nnewi, Sagamu, Sango-Ota, Aba, Zaria, Ilorin and Maiduguri.
All the outlets will provide connections to Etisalat, MTN, Celtel, Glo, Starcomms, Multilinks-Telkom, Visafone, Zoom and all other networks. All brands of quality mobile phones and accessories will also be available in all the outlets.
About PNN
Private Networks Nigeria Limited (PNN) is a Nigerian telecommunication
company whose corporate mission is to enhance the socio-economic growth
of the nation by providing excellent telecommunications solutions to both
business and individual users throughout the country. The company was
registered in 1992, licensed by the NCC in 1997 and admitted into the
Association of Telecommunications Company of Nigeria (ATCON) in 1998.
PNN is focused on delivering true value and quality service to its customers, and actively involved in various aspects of the development of telecommunications in Nigeria. PNN’s core services include sales and distribution of telecoms products, supply and installation of telecoms equipment, operations and maintenance of wireless operators’ facilities, provision of engineering support services and provision of various value added services. PNN won the award for “Best Value Added Service Provider” awards at the 2004 Nigerian Telecom Awards and the 2007 Titans of Tech Awards.
In recognition of the potential for growth that PNN offers, PNN has been
successful in securing external investment from Aureos Capital Limited
(www.aureos.com ). Aureos is a private equity fund manager providing risk
capital for expansion and change-of-control transactions in emerging markets
for established businesses in the small to mid-cap segment of the market.