Visafone has recorded another landmark in the telecoms industry with its launch of Motorola XT 800 and ZTE R750 dual SIM touch screen smart phones which operate on the Android Operating System.

This launch makes Visafone the first CDMA operator in Africa to roll out these devices.

A statement by the Head, Corporate Communica-tions, Mr. Joseph Ushigiale, said the launch of the phone had been widely received with appreciable excitement having recorded over 600 unit sales just within one week of the official launch.

Android is the fastest selling growing mobile operating system in the U.S, UK and Europe. It is an open-source mobile Google operating system with over 300,000 applications stored in the android market.