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  • We ‘ll focus on data services, others, says Globacom

    We ‘ll focus on data services, others, says Globacom

    Nigeria’s second national operator, Globacom, has promised to focus on data services, network improvement and rewards its customers in the country this year.

    It said the huge investment it made last year on telecoms equipment swap has helped redefine customers’ experience both on data and voice on its network.

    Its Sales Director, Mr. Ken Hull told The Nation that the major network overhaul that took place last year will not be halted, but would continue into the year.

    He said: “Our network had a major overhaul last year. That will continue throughout 2015. We will continue to expand the network. We will be offering more and more packages, not just with voice, but with data. You know data is really the key to the future. That is a global fact. In really mature markets, in Europe and in the West, data at some stage became the key to bringing in more subscribers. So, there will be a great emphasis on data and of course the network will continue to improve and expand.”

    Hull also said there will be more promos designed specifically to reward loyal customers of the brand. “Like I said earlier, there will be more and more of promos. That is for sure. But on a different note, as I also said before, we will continue to expand the network, to improve the network and to try to bring more subscribers in.

    “Glo has scored first with many of its innovative ideas in telecoms .We will continue to try to be as innovative as we can. We are an indigenous company. It is owned by a Nigerian and because of that I think we have a duty to be even better than our competitors and we will be,” he said, adding that since rolling out 12 years ago, it has always set the pace for others to follow.

    He continued: “We have always been very motivated to be at home with our subscribers after all, Globacom was made by our subscribers. Were it not for our subscribers, we won’t be where we are today so this promo is just one in so many promos we have done to reward them.

    “And as I said earlier, in 2015, you will see even more of life enriching promos all in an attempt to get closer to our subscribers, because after all, they are the key to the success of our success.

    “The point I want to stress here is that when Globacom makes a commitment, we stick by that commitment well and truly. And as you see this morning, the happiness that has been created is fantastic. What a start for the new year for all of these very lucky subscribers and we will continue to do more of that this year.

    “Without the customers, without subscribers, we will not be around. It is very clear that without those customers, Globacom would be nowhere. And so it is a token of our appreciation. We want to keep our customers loyal and so we feel that there are many ways of doing that by making the network good and offering them good service.

    “All these we are striving to achieve and we believe we have achieved. But in addition to that, why not give more in the form of promotions, nice prizes, spread it out to as many subscribers as we can; that is the name of the game and that will continue in 2015.”

  • Naira devaluation worries Globacom

    Naira devaluation worries Globacom

    Nigeria’s wholly indigenous telco, Globacom, has expressed worries over the devaluation of the naira and the uncertainties hanging surrounding the forthcoming general elections in the country, lamenting that naira devaluation was bound to affect the carriers’ bottom line as the customers disposable income to spend on telephony will be constrained.

    Its Sales Director, Ken Hall, on the sideline during the presentation of cheques to the first batch of 20 lucky millionaires in its ongoing Glo Overload 120Millionaires promo, the policy of the government will affect not only the telco but every player in the economy.

    He said: “It is a worrisome trend because it does affect everyone’s bottom line. It is not just Globacom. The whole of the economy in Nigeria is going to be impacted one way or the other but you have got to be optimistic and I think it is going to be a temporary thing.

    “There is a lot of uncertainty around. Let’s just hope that elections go well and I am sure they will go well and people will be more confident to continue doing business in the country.”

    Asked to comment on the effects of a new Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) that requires sourcing of foreign exchange for the purchase of ICT equipment, generators and others needed for effective functioning of the telecoms sector, from the interbank market only, Hull said the telco has no problem with that as the telco will continue to follow government’s directives.

    He said: “We have no problem with that. Whatever government regulations are, Globacom has got the expertise to stick with those regulations and still achieve what we need to achieve. It is the wish of government to go through the interbank system.

    “The CBN has its reasons for doing that and we applaud and support those reasons and we will abide by the rules.”

    He said since inception 12 years ago, the telco has always made it a point of duty to bond with its customers by rewarding them for keeping faith with the brand.

    “We have always been very motivated to be at home with our subscribers after all, Globacom was made by our subscribers. Were it not for our subscribers, we won’t be where we are today so this promo is just one in so many promos we have done to reward them.

  • Globacom, CAF renew contract on CAF Award

    Globacom, CAF renew contract on CAF Award

    For another four years, telecommunication giant, Globacom and Confederation of African Football (CAF) have renewed the contract for the annual Glo CAF Awards.

    At the signing ceremony held in Lagos yesterday, Head of Legal, Globacom, Gladys Talabi said the relationship between the bodies have been worthwhile since 2005 when the first five-year contract was signed in Paris, France.

    “The relationship between Globacom and CAF have been significant in the growth of the game and this renew contract is meant to sustain this partnership. This symbiotic relationship started in 2005 while the second contract was inked in 2010 in Cairo and this is the third contract signing and we hope that this will stimulate and inspire growth of football in the continent,” she said.

    She added: “A lot of innovation has been added to the award and this has added value to the profile of the award. We are sure that this robust support will improve the reputation of the game. We will remain grateful to CAF and we hope to continue to improve on what we have been doing.”

    In his remarks, CAF President, Issa Hayatou lauded Globacom for their support to the game in the continent and hopeful that this would surely add to the development of the game.

    The new contract begins this year and expires 2018.

  • CAF begins Media Accreditation for 2014 GLO-CAF Awards

    CAF begins Media Accreditation for 2014 GLO-CAF Awards

    Rccreditation of media men for 2014 GLO – CAF Awards has begun in earnest.

    Local and International journalists are expected from different parts of the world to cover the awards, an annual soccer event that celebrates the best of African football, including footballers, coaches and administrators who have distinguished themselves in playing or managing the game during the year under review.

    Sources close to Globacom say that the accreditation exercise which is coordinated from CAF headquarters in Cairo opened on Monday, December 21 and will close on January 2nd, 2014.

    The GLO-CAF Awards is a media event. As it was in the past editions, top journalists and media organisations worldwide have indicated interest in gracing and covering the award ceremony which comes up at the Eko Hotel Convention Centre, Lagos, Nigeria on January 8, 2015 CAF, recently released the list of 3 short-listed players for the African Player of the Year Award. The winner will be announced at a Gala night in Lagos.

    The award categories include African Player of The Year (Based in Africa); National Team of The Year; Club of The Year; and Coach of The Year.

    Other categories are Women’s National Team of The Year; Women’s Footballer of The Year; Most Promising Talent; Referee of The Year; Legend of The year; Fair Play Award; Platinum Award (which has only one nominee); and Africa Finest XI.

    According to CAF “Successful applicants will be notified and provided with further information on the collection of their tags.”

     

  • Fed Govt recognises Glo’s investment size, jobs creation

    Fed Govt recognises Glo’s investment size, jobs creation

    Globacom has been listed as one of the top 100 firms in Nigeria for the fiscal year.

    The top 100 companies list is based on international benchmark set by the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC). The benchmark includes the amount of turnover, level of investment in the country and the number of jobs so far created in the economy. Others are the impact that these companies have had in the communities where they operate, level of corporate governance and the amount of long and medium term investment plan.

    The list was announced in Abuja yesterday by the Chairman, Assessment Committee, Jim Obazee. Obazee said Globacom and the other companies on the list were creating wealth and jobs for the economy and should, therefore, be honoured for their patriotism and spirit of enterprise.

    Obazee said the activities of Globacom and the other top 100 firms had gone a long way in creating confidence in the local investment environment. ‘’This has gone a long way in drawing other investors into the same environment thereby improving the business climate of Nigeria’’.

    Other companies named as 100 Top companies in Nigeria are FirstBank, Dangote, Chevron and MTN. Globacom is top player in Nigeria’s telecoms sector,  boasting  heavy investment in integrated telecoms infrastructure and personnel. It has also made the same investments in neighbouring  Benin Republic and Ghana through its mobile telephone network; and to Senegal, Ivory Coast and other West African countries through its Glo 1 infrastructure.

  • Glo thrills customers with new ring back tunes

    Glo thrills customers with new ring back tunes

    National telecommunications carrier, Globacom, has moved to deepen customer-experience on its network with the latest and exclusive songs of the country’s top rated artistes. Glo Mobile subscribers, by simply subscribing to the Caller Ringback Tune platform, will exclusively have access to a rich repertoire of songs which include Nigeria’s most anticipated new music releases from these popular artistes.

    At a press conference at the company’s corporate head office in Victoria Island, Lagos on Wednesday, Globacom’s top executives, led by Viswanath Nagasai, officially unveiled some of the artistes whose songs will be available on the Glo Mobile’s CRBT platform. The artistes unveiled included cross-over highlife rave-of-the-moment, Flavour, and talented female artistes Omawumi and Chee. Also presented to the media are Hip Hop stars, Burna Boy, MI, Naeto C and one of the best known artistes from the North, Sanni Danja.

    “Nigerians would readily recall that we blazed the CRBT trail in Nigeria over seven years ago when for the first time in Nigeria, we made it possible for our subscribers to download their favourite tunes and make them their ringback tunes. Others were to follow the trail, and today, Nigerian artistes net millions of naira in revenue from their music distributed by mobile operators in the country through the CRBT platform,” said Nagasai.

    He said consistent with its pedigree of leadership in innovation, Globacom is yet again raising the bar by expanding the collection of songs available to customers on its CRBT platform.”We are not just adding songs for its sake, but we are adding the latest from the best in the business all for the benefit of our esteemed customers. We are talking about new releases that music lovers have been waiting with bated breath for an opportunity to download onto their phones for quite some time now. You can now access them exclusively on our platform and serenade your callers with them,” he said.The songs that Glo customers can readily access include Flavour’s dancehall blaster, “Wake Up’, featuring Wande Coal, in addition to all his earlier hits. Also available for immediate download are Omawumi’s latest release currently ruling the airwaves, “Megbele” in addition to her existing songs; Naeto C’s collaborative effort featuring Phyno, “China”; Burna Boy’s “Checks and Balance”, Sanni Danja’s “Alhaji” and Chee’s collaborative work with Olamide, “No More”.

  • Glo thrills customers with new ring back tunes

    National telecommunications carrier, Globacom, has moved to deepen customer-experience on its network with the latest and exclusive songs of the country’s top rated artistes. Glo Mobile subscribers, by simply subscribing to the Caller Ringback Tune platform, will exclusively have access to a rich repertoire of songs which include Nigeria’s most anticipated new music releases from these popular artistes.

    At a press conference at the company’s corporate head office in Victoria Island, Lagos on Wednesday, Globacom’s top executives, led by Viswanath Nagasai, officially unveiled some of the artistes whose songs will be available on the Glo Mobile’s CRBT platform. The artistes unveiled included cross-over highlife rave-of-the-moment, Flavour, and talented female artistes Omawumi and Chee. Also presented to the media are Hip Hop stars, Burna Boy, MI, Naeto C and one of the best known artistes from the North, Sanni Danja.

    “Nigerians would readily recall that we blazed the CRBT trail in Nigeria over seven years ago when for the first time in Nigeria, we made it possible for our subscribers to download their favourite tunes and make them their ringback tunes. Others were to follow the trail, and today, Nigerian artistes net millions of naira in revenue from their music distributed by mobile operators in the country through the CRBT platform,” said Nagasai.

    He said consistent with its pedigree of leadership in innovation, Globacom is yet again raising the bar by expanding the collection of songs available to customers on its CRBT platform.”We are not just adding songs for its sake, but we are adding the latest from the best in the business all for the benefit of our esteemed customers. We are talking about new releases that music lovers have been waiting with bated breath for an opportunity to download onto their phones for quite some time now. You can now access them exclusively on our platform and serenade your callers with them,” he said.The songs that Glo customers can readily access include Flavour’s dancehall blaster, “Wake Up’, featuring Wande Coal, in addition to all his earlier hits. Also available for immediate download are Omawumi’s latest release currently ruling the airwaves, “Megbele” in addition to her existing songs; Naeto C’s collaborative effort featuring Phyno, “China”; Burna Boy’s “Checks and Balance”, Sanni Danja’s “Alhaji” and Chee’s collaborative work with Olamide, “No More”.

  • ‘Why $26.45m spectrum licence is dormant’

    ‘Why $26.45m spectrum licence is dormant’

    About a year after it beat national operator, Globacom to clinch the 2.3gigahertz (GHz) spectrum, its winners, Bitflux is yet to put the spectrum into use.

    According to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the spectrum would allow the firm to offer wholesale ‘wired’ broadband services to complement the capacity being  provided by optic fibre cables and allow the achievement of five-fold target, from current 6.2 per cent,  of broadband penetration set by the Federal Government.

    The Managing Director of VDT Communications, Mr. Biodun Omoniyi, who led Bitflux’s team to the 2.3GHz spectrum auction in Abuja, has said the firm went back to the drawing board to restrategise and rework its business model in order not to make mistakes.

    Speaking on the sideline during the rebranding of the corporate logo of VDT with The Nation in Lagos, Omoniyi said the firm is aware that stakeholders in the industry are eagerly looking forward to seeing Bitflux put the licence to use, adding that all loose ends have been tightened and services would go live from the spectrum.

    He said: “I appreciate the expectation and goodwill of all over this and the expectations that we need to put the licence to use. But the truth is that with respect to that particular project, everything is going very smoothly. Shortly after we won the licence, we went back to the drawing board to relook and restrategise our business plan to make those services available.

    “This is because we don’t want to do things haphazardly. It is important to plan and follow the plan diligently, but what I can assure you is that the Bitflux project is going on very well. We will come out in January. An award has already been made to a vendor and it is a 90-day delivery project.

    “Again, we have several vendors with so many competing technologies and solutions so we have to hire consultants so that we can actually deliver the best to Nigerians.”

    He said the roll-out of services will start with the three major cities of Lagos, Port Harcourt and Abuja, adding that VDT will also be actively involved as it would now become a retailer getting capacity from Bitflux which is a wholesaler.

    He said: “What we are expecting is that we are going to launch in three cities of Lagos, Port Harcourt and Abuja with broadband services. You know Bitflux itself is wholesaler, so we are not going to be advertising to the general public. So part of what we are doing today is preparatory to selling the Bitflux product to those markets. I am sure you have people say we shall be in your house, we are not there yet but we will get there. Bitflux is a wholesaler, it will sell to VDT.”

    Speaking after the auction that produced Bitflux as winners, NCC’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr Eugene Juwah said the electronically powered process went through two rounds. While the first round, which had set $23million in addition to another 15 per cent which made total to stand at $26.450million had produced no winner, the machine immediately switched to “tie breakers’ indicating that neither of the two bidders was ready to go above what was put on offer.

    The second round produced Bitflux offering $23,251,000 while Globacom upped the game by offering to pay $23, 50,001milliom.

     

  • Glo unveils Mobile Tutor

    Globacom has made learning easier for primary and secondary school students in the country as it launches a unique educational app called Glo Mobile Tutor.

    The national operator said at the demonstration of the offering at the Globacom Headquarters in Lagos that the application is a mobile-based educational application that provides a more convenient and easier way for students at both Junior and Secondary schools to learn and successfully prepare for examinations.

    According to the telco, tha app comes with full Junior and Secondary school curricula that have been specially designed to provide instant knowledge and prepare students for examinations.

    The application is rich in content such as live video lectures, timed mock exams, structured assignments, revision videos and talk to counsel.

    In her address during the launch, Sales Director, Glo 1 Enterprise, Bolanle Ogundogba said “Globacom is committed to the development and education of the Nigerian child. The Mobile Tutor provides instant knowledge and puts the power of education within the reach of every child in all the 774 local government areas of Nigeria.”

    She explained that “Glo, having realised that there’s a relatively low literacy rate in Nigeria and Africa, due to deficits in educational infrastructure and insufficient manpower needed to impart knowledge, found the need to introduce this service with the application and contents provided by Roducate.”

    The innovation is loaded with both West African and British Curricula and has been endorsed by the relevant educational bodies such as the The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), the National Educational Research Development Council (NERDC) and Federal Ministry of Communication Technology

    Ogundogba assured Nigerians of  Globacom’s continued support for education because of its believe that good education makes a great nation and encouraged parents and guardians to avail their children and wards of this laudable technology with its pocket-friendly tariffs and rates.

    The Glo Mobile Tutor is one of the many innovations that Globcom has introduced as part of its commitment to better the lives of Nigerians. The plan is open to both new and existing subscribers.

    Ogundogba said that Globacom is building the best and biggest global telecommunication brand focused on supporting the people with a reliable platform to enable them reach their fullest potentials. To enjoy the service, subscribers are required to text EDUW to 4244 at N75 weekly, or EDUM to 4244 at N150 monthly, she concluded.

  • Globacom for Ojude Oba festival

    Globacom for Ojude Oba festival

    Globacom Nigeria has promised to partner with organisers of Ojude Oba festival to ensure its success.

    Its Head, Public Sector Sales, Mr. Tunde Amunikoro, said the firm would sponsor the festival as part of its contributions to entrenching Ojude Oba as a world-class event.

    The festival, he said, had become a rallying point for tourists from all parts of the world who visit the country yearly, adding that the festival has also become a melting point where ideas and initiatives which would boost the growth and development of Ijebuland are considered.

    Amunikoro said: “By sponsoring Ojude Oba, and other festivals with huge tourism potential comparable to the Rio De Janeiro Festival, Globacom is helping to advance the cause of tourism in the country.

    “The obligation has seen us partnering with the people of Ijebuland to celebrate Ojude Oba festival, a relationship that began eight years ago and will last for many more years”.

    The festival coordinator, Chief Fassy Adetokunbo Yusuff, a former Information Commissioner in Ogun State, said Globacom’s sponsorship of the festival in the last eight years contributed to improvement in what makes the festival unique and memorable.

    He said the company has shown interest in tradition and values, which are binding forces, thereby enhancing the tourism potential of the festival.

    Yusuff said: “When the history of the telecommunications industry is written in Nigeria, Dr Mike Adenuga will  receive copious mention not only as a man whose company boasts of very affordable, people-oriented products and services alone, but also as one who contributed immensely to ensuring that our customs, cultures and traditions do not go moribund”.

    The festival, which is held in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, on the third day after the Eid-el-Kabir (Odun Ileya) has been on for over 100 years.