Expresso prepares to relaunch as Celltel by Q2

Staff of Ghanaian operator Expresso Telecom are gearing up for relaunch of the company as Celltel after almost 20 years of shareholder battles in and out of court, which is largely to be blamed for the firm's non-operational status, BusinessGhana reported. The workers have held meetings to resolve the matter of unpaid salaries and social security benefits in the last four years. The owners say they expect to get the company operating under its original name of Celltel by the second quarter of 2018.

Founder Prince Kofi Kludjeson reaffirmed its commitment to pay the monies owed the workers and put the company back on a strong footing. Kludjeson said the challenge has been access to the payroll from the HR Department as all attempts with official letters have proved futile. The workers subsequently resolved, among other things, to support the original owners of the company in this bid. The original owners say they are on course to get the company restarting full operations under its original name Celltel by the second quarter of 2018.

According to them, about USD 300 million is being invested to turn around the company's fortunes, after securing partnership deals with reputable multinational technology firms including Cisco, Hughes, Google, Facebook and Foxcom.The operators are to roll out a new business model which entails the sale of Wi-Fi devices, Windows tablets, laptops and smartphones.