Chams Plc through its subsidiary, CardCentre Nigeria Limited (CCNL), has announced it is constructing a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card manufacturing plant as part of the Chams Group’s contribution to the development of local content in the country’s telecoms industry.
Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Chams Plc, Demola Aladekomo told Vanguard that by the time the manufacturing plant begins production, Nigerian telecoms service providers will no longer need to import full body SIM card.
He announced the local production of SIM cards will commence by the end of the third quarter this year, and the project will contribute positively to capacity building in the telecoms sector and also help to reduce unemployment in the country.
“We are already discussing with our European partners. We had positive discussions with them at the 2015 MWC in Spain and expect to sign agreements with them by the end of May so that by the end of third quarter, we would have finished building the plant and begin production immediately,” he said.
“Over dependence on foreign goods is killing local companies. We have the state-of-the-art technology to produce the body here in Nigeria. The chip can be imported while the body can be manufactured locally with SIM Card Milling and Embedding Machine.” Cardcentre specializes in printing and personalization of card/ smart card products, PVC pre-printed cards, PVC based ATM/Debit cards such as MasterCard, Visa, Verve and Genesis as well as GSM SIM cards.
