Freetel, TD Mobile Seal Deal on Smartphones

Freetel, Japan selling smartphone mobile brand, recently announced its partnership with TD Mobile, mobile devices distributor in sub-Saharan Africa, to establish its presence in the Nigerian mobile market space.

Founded by in 2012 in the city of Toyko, Japan Freetel said it has launched its smartphone in 20 countries, with additional plan to launch in Nigeria.

Freetel started its expansion programme since November 2015 in Asia, North America, Latin America, Middle East and Africa. The Freetel devices are currently available in 20 countries including two African markets of Egypt and Ghana respectively.

According to the company, plan to launch four different models of its Andriod smartphones into the Nigerian market with prices ranging from N13, 000 to N38, 000.

Freetel smartphones are designed in the state of the art design centre in Tokyo, and the manufacturing is supervised by Japanese engineers with over 40 years experience and all of them are Google GMS certified.

The GMS Certification is the confirmation that a specific device meets Googles’ performance requirements and properly runs the Google Apps.

Speaking at the media launch, Vice President, International Sales, Freetel, Mr. Eugene Yoshioka, said: “Nigeria is the market for Freetel and we are looking forward to reaching out to Nigerian consumers with our latest smartphones.

We plan to invest in the country with a full- fledged subsidiary to support sales, marketing and after sales support. We are glad that we are partnering the most powerful and trusted partner of the region TD Africa.”