Vmobile Nigeria has fulfilled its promise to launch commercial GSM service within 45 days in the towns that won the first phase of its on-going SMS (Short Message Service) Competition.

The company’s base stations came live in five communities Okemisi (Ekiti State), Gombi (Adamawa State), Assop (Plateau State), Biu (Borno State) and Obangede (Kogi State) in the early hours of Tuesday, November 15, 2005.