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  • Spectranet Offers Blue Freedom Mifi for Nigerian’s Independence Anniversary

    Spectranet is celebrating Nigeria’s Independence with Blue Freedom MiFi offer.

    The Premier Internet Service Provider, said It introduces the new Blue Freedom MiFi with 25GB free data for N16,000 to improve internet service experience on independence day.

    According to the service provider the entry of the Blue Freedom MiFi is premised on the celebration of Nigeria’s 58th independence anniversary just as it aims to deepen internet penetration in the country.

    Blue Freedom MiFi offers consumers the opportunity to enjoy seamless internet connectivity for business, personal and allied purposes, the internet operator said.

    When checked the new MiFi can connect up to 10 users at a time – help connecting several devices or users at a time

    It has child lock facility as users can block unwanted websites which is a very important feature for families where children are exposed to internet.

    Mike Ogor, Head of Marketing, who spoke on the brand aspiration said, “The Blue Freedom MiFi is uniquely beautiful, pocket-friendly and trendy, fitting into everyday life of consumers who appreciates elegance and quality services.

    “The battery life can stay up to 8 hours without power source. It has a front display screen that shows your data usage and the balance. It is very easy to carry in your bag or pocket.

    “In a nutshell, the Blue Freedom MiFi upgrades the customer to the next level of internet connection and makes him stay ahead of others in style while enjoying additional benefit of fast, reliable and value-for-money internet connectivity. The cost of the Blue Freedom MiFi is N16, 000 only with free 25GB data and free night browsing,” he said.

    Spectranet Limited was the first Internet Service Provider (ISP) to launch 4G LTE internet service in Nigeria. The brand is known for providing an affordable, faster and more reliable internet broadband to Nigerian homes and offices.

    Its internet service is currently available across Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan and Port Harcourt. Its state of the art network ensures high speed internet connectivity for the customers.

    Spectranet 4G LTE is a recipient of multiple awards for Best 4G LTE Internet Service Provider in Nigeria in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

  • Spectranet introduces Mobile App for enterprise internet services, upgrades website

    Spectranet 4GLTE has introduced a Mobile app for seamless internet connectivity and solutions to Nigerian homes and businesses.

    The internet service provider has also re-launched of its website.

    The move is aimed at bringing innovative disruptions to internet service market closer to Nigerians whilst offering more value to customers.

    Riding on aesthetics, the website has been made more visually appealing and it has been designed with new features comprising Spectranet Enterprise Business Solutions and improved means of accessing and purchasing the brand’s data modems and plans.

    Speaking on the strategic moves, Chief Executive Officer, Ajay Awasthi notes: “Spectranet is keen on keeping homes and families connected as we push frontiers in providing innovative, internet solutions with customer-centric mindset.

    “The new look of our corporate website is visually appealing and engaging. It’s an all-in-one hub with sufficient information on our services, data plans, and modems. The site makes it easier for customers to access our services seamlessly. This is what we have been doing over the years.

    “We are committed to sustaining this tradition, hence the need for this move. The website comes with features that will aid customers in accessing our customer-centric payment channels for data plans and modems. We are equally using the website to set a new benchmark in pushing the enterprise internet services market with innovative products and services.

    The Spectranet Mobile app offers customers seamless connectivity. It comes with a unique artificial intelligence, EVA, who provides instant responses to questions raised by customers on Spectranet offers and services.

    Head of Marketing, Mike Ogor says “the app will increase customer engagement and provide them with more values.With the mobile app, connectivity becomes seamless and payment for subscription is made simpler. The app offers customers easy access to check their account balance and other related information.

    “Eva is available every day of the week to provide answers to questions faster. The app is another innovative way of enhancing customers’ internet experience and their accessibility to our network.”

    Customers can log on to www.spectranet.com.ng to access the improved website and obtain information on Spectranet Mobile app.

    To install the app, click on this link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apps.spectranet

  • Spectranet rewards final batch of World Cup Promo winners

    Spectranet 4GLTE has rewarded the final batch of winners in her World Cup Promo in Nigeria.

    Out of thousands of eligible subscribers, 216 subscribers eventually emerged as winners in a transparent draw observed by representatives of lottery regulatory bodies- National Lottery Regulatory Commission and Consumer Protection Council.

    Elizabeth Lekwuwa from Lagos emerged as winner of the star prize, and she won a return trip to Dubai. Five customers comprising Sandra Igene and Yemi Oyedun were rewarded with Unlimited Data for 1 year.

    Obinna Anokwute, Diran Onifade and John Basil were among 10 subscribers rewarded with LED TVwhile  100 subscribers were rewarded with Bluetooth Speaker, another 100 subscribers will enjoy 7GB data for purchasing Spectranet devices and subscribing to data plans within the duration of the promotion-June 1st to July 31st, 2018.

    Tagged ‘World Cup Connect &Win Big’, the promotion drummed support for Nigeria’s national team as they jostled for honours at the recently concluded 2018 FIFA World Cup.

    Prior to the final draw, 216 winners emerged from the first draw held in July 2018 thus bringing the total number of winners to 432.

    One of the many winners, Obinna Anokwute who responded to phone calls that he won an LED TV set adjudged Spectranet as the best broadband company in Nigeria just as he commended the brand for keeping to the promise to reward subscribers who purchased modems within the period of the promotion.

    Speaking at the draw, Head of Marketing Spectranet 4GLTE, Mike Ogor said, “The World Cup comes with a unique kind of enthusiasm and excitement. We tapped into this feel to make our customers happy even as they enjoyed the moments of the tournament. Our fast and reliable connectivity to things that matter made this possible.

    “This draw brings the Connect & Win Big Promo to a conclusion. New and existing subscribers participated in the promotion. Right from the onset, we ensured that the promotion was as transparent as possiblewhilst engaging relevant regulatory bodies.

    “We will continue to innovate and offer the best to our customers even after this promotion. This is in accordance with our corporate philosophy hinged on appreciating and rendering reliable connectivity to customers as they are key drivers of our leadership position in the internet service landscape in Nigeria”.

    Chief Executive Officer, Ajay Awasthi assured that Spectranet would continue to work with stakeholders in the internet service market to deepen broadband penetration in the country.

    Spectranet Limited was the first Internet Service Provider (ISP) to launch 4G LTE internet service in Nigeria. The brand is known for providing an affordable, faster and more reliable internet broadband to Nigerian homes and offices. Its internet service is currently available across Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan and Port Harcourt. Its state of the art network ensures high speed internet connectivity for the customers.

    Spectranet 4G LTE is a recipient of multiple awards and hasbeen voted as the Best 4G LTE Internet Service Provider in Nigeria for three years in a roll from 2016 to 2018.

  • World Cup: Spectranet Begins Data Bonanza for Nigeria’s Supporters

    Spectranet 4GLTE on Monday said its new consumer promotion, Connect & Win Big World Cup Bonanza is to show support for the Super Eagles at the FIFA mundial in Russia.

    The Internet Service Provider company also said the promotion was to participate in the happy moments of its customers, new and existing, and multiply their joy by offering incredible price deals on data renewals and device purchase.

    Speaking on the timing of the promo, Head of Marketing, Mike Ogor explained  that, “The Win Big World Cup Bonanza was coined and structured to make customers enjoy more of our affordable and smart internet experience, purchase devices at amazing prices and renew data plans. It is coming at a time we decided to show our solidarity to the national team’s participation at the 2018 World Cup.”

    “We’ve got a prize for everyone. We want to make our customers happy, thus we are propelling the promotion with major open market activations in our coverage areas- Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Ibadan. Winners will be picked via monthly draws.

    New customers can participate in the promotion by purchasing any of Spectranet MiFi s  at N20,000 with 40GB and 50% data bonus on six renewals within 210 days from activation as added benefits or Freedom MiFi at N16,000 with 25GB free data and 50% data bonus on six renewals within 210days from activation as added benefits.

    Top on the list of prizes in the promotion is a trip to Dubai for 2 winners. The second prize is one year unlimited data for 10 winners while 40 Inch TV Sets will be given to 20 customers.

    Consolation prizes include: 7GB data for 200 customers and Bluetooth Speaker for 200 customers respectively.

    Existing subscribers are not left out of the world cup exciting offers. All existing customers who renew their Spectranet accounts before Nigeria matches in June and July, 2018, will be awarded 1GB data bonus for every goal scored by Nigeria during the World Cup and 5GB data bonus for every win.

    Customers can log on to www.spectranet.com.ng or visit Spectranet  Shops, Express service Outlets  and Dealer shops to participate in the promotion.

    Spectranet Limited was the first Internet Service Provider (ISP) to launch 4G LTE internet service in Nigeria. The brand is known for providing an affordable, faster and more reliable internet broadband to Nigerian homes and offices. Its internet service is currently available across Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan and Port Harcourt. Its state of the art network ensures high speed internet connectivity for the customers.

    Spectranet 4G LTE is a recipient of multiple awards for Best Internet Service and 4G LTE Provider in Nigeria in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

  • SPECTRANET Fetes Internet Users with Xmas-Promos

    SPECTRANET Fetes Internet Users with Xmas-Promos

    ISP service provider, Spectranet 4G LTE, has announced special Xmas offers.

    The promo, according to Mike Ogor, head of marketing, is part of the brand’s endeavor to better understand its customers’ needs and deliver better value by providing additional benefits for the festive season

    The offers, which started on 18th of December 2017, runs all through January 31st, 2018.

    He explained that customers will enjoy uniquely designed Pebble Mifi or Freedom Mifi at N20,000 plus Free 40GB and Unlimited night browsing. Other offers in the promotion include a Mifi at N16,000 plus free 20GB, a Mifi or Zoom CPE at #25,000 plus free Unlimited Gold Plan which comes with 100GB.

    The exciting Xmas promo from Spectranet further offers 100% data bonus in the next two renewals on any capped data plan within 90 days of activation.

    The Spectranet Xmas promo is coming at a time when the brand was awarded the 4G LTE Internet Service Provider of the year by the Nigerian Technology Awards, celebrating the core essence of the brand as a family and business brand that provides the unique experience to its customers.

    Speaking on the extensive promo offer, the Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Ajay Awasthi, said,“we want our customers to have enough data to reach out to their friends and loved ones during this holiday season by staying connected with a faster, affordable and more reliable 4G connection.

    We at Spectranet believe in delivering more value to its customers while ensuring superior customer experience.

    Spectranet 4G LTE brand positioning in the market is very strategic as a quality brand with huge consideration for the pocket of the consumers. As a brand, we are very conscious of quality and high-speed internet connectivity.

    Spectranet Limited was the first Internet Service Provider (ISP) to launch 4G LTE internet service in Nigeria. The brand is known for providing an affordable, faster and more reliable internet broadband to Nigerian homes and offices.  Its internet service is currently available in Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan and Port Harcourt. Its state- of- the- art 4G network ensures high-speed internet connectivity for the customers.

    Spectranet 4G LTE is a recipient of multiple awards for Best Internet Service and 4G LTE Provider in Nigeria in 2016 and 2017.

  •  Spectranet 4G LTE Appoints New CEO

     Spectranet 4G LTE Appoints New CEO

    Nigeria’s leading 4G LTE and broadband Internet services provider, Spectranet is intensifying efforts to connect its customers to innovative internet solutions with the appointment of Mr. Ajay Awasthi as its new Chief Executive Officer.

    Ajay takes over from David Venn, who has been at the forefront of building Spectranet into a leading broadband Internet service provider in Nigeria, offering faster, afforrdable and reliable internet solutions to Nigerian homes and offices.

    With over 17 years’ experience working in top positions in India’s telecommunication’s industry, Ajay looks forward to leverage Spectranet’s commitment to its customers and stakeholders and make its high quality, high speed broadband services widely available to more internet users.

    He said: “I’m delighted with my appointment as the Chief Executive Officer of Spectranet. We shall continue to introduce innovative solutions that will boost our service offerings as a leading Nigerian brand and endear us to individuals, families and businesses.

    It’s our endeavour at Spectranet to offer faster, affordable and reliable high speed broadband connectivity to our customers. We will continue to sustain our commitment to provide high quality broadband services and help bridge the digital divide by reaching across to many more Nigerian families and businesses”

    Ajay, who comes from a Sales & Marketing background, has a rich experience creating demand through marketing innovations, setting up multi-channel distribution network and running optimized business operations.

    An alumnus of the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, Ajay is a strong believer in the power of distribution and customer service in building a sustainable customer franchise through superior levels of service quality.

    Speaking at the official handing over ceremony, David Venn commended the shareholders, management and staff of Spectranet for the opportunity to serve the company. According to him, Spectranet is now well positioned to transform the quality and availability of Internet service offerings across Nigeria.

    Spectranet 4G LTE is a recipient of multiple awards for Best Internet Service and 4G LTE Provider in Nigeria. Established in 2009, Spectranet is one of the major controllers of Nigeria’s enterprise internet service market with strong presence in Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan and Port Harcourt.

    Spectranet 4G LTE offers seamless internet connectivity to individuals, small scale businesses, and corporate =rms. Spectranet is the recipient of Nigeria Technology award for 4G LTE Internet Service Provider of the year 2017.

  • Spectranet launches customer loyalty programme

    Spectranet launches customer loyalty programme

    Spectranet 4GLTE has launched its new long-term customer loyalty program, Spectranet awards.

    The company said in a statement that the program is designed to reward existing and new customers for their patronage by awarding points that can be amassed and used to redeem gifts and cash discounts.

    As a special promotion, the company said the customer that amasses the most points by December 31, 2017, would win a trip to Dubai or gets a one year free subscription to Spectranet’s Unlimited Gold plan.

    It said:  Customers need to register,only once, for the scheme after which every month points will automatically be awarded whenever a subscription is renewed, upgraded or topped-up.

    “Extra points will also be awarded for all sorts of actions which include; paying on time, introducing a friend and paying on-line. Spectranet will even award points just for registering on the scheme. Customers will be invited to register through a personalised email that will be sent out during the month of September 2017.

    The company’s Head of Marketing, Mike Ogor, said: “Our goal is to reward our customers for returning to enjoy the Spectranet quality service offering and for supporting us.”

    “Points can be redeemed in exchange for Spectranet Mifi, Data bundles, movie tickets, branded mug or to credit an account.

    To demonstrate the transparency of the scheme, customers can check their accumulated points and activity undertaken via a customer portal on its website.”

    Spectranet’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. David Venn, added: “We have a special relationship with our customers and we wanted to provide a very unique benefit, only available on our award winning platform, to reward customers for staying with us, supporting us and sharing our values.

    “As the market leader, we are happy to reward our customers with gifts that will improve their internet experience and provide them with better access to things that matter most to them.”

  • Award for Spectranet 4G LTE

    Award for Spectranet 4G LTE

    Spectranet 4G LTE has been awarded the Outstanding Broadband 4G Company of the Year at the just-concluded MARKETING EDGE Annual National Marketing Stakeholders Summit and Brand Advertising held at the Civic Centre, Lagos.

    The event, which had in attendance the crème de crème of the society was organised by MARKETING EDGE, an industry focused magazine to recognise companies, agencies, brands and personalities that have contributed immensely to the nation’s development in marketing and marketing communications.

    Speaking during the presentation of the award, the Publisher of MARKETING EDGE, Mr. John Ajayi stated that Spectranet has been recognised as Outstanding Broadband 4G LTE of the year because of its commitment and consistency in delivering best internet services across the country.

    He reiterated that having followed the progress of Spectranet 4G LTE over the years which has actually led to Spectranet incursion  into more states in the country , it is only fair for us to recognise their tenacity in making sure everyone has access to fast, affordable and smart internet connection in the country.

    The presentation of the award is in recognition of Spectranet 4G LTE commitment to providing fast and reliable internet service to Nigerians since inception and with the rebranding that has led to a more reliable internet service with their services available in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Ibadan.

  • Broadband ‘ll challenge satellite Tv, says Spectranet chief

    The Chief Executive Officer, Spectranet, David Venn, has said the emergence of cheap, available broadband internet services will give players in satellite pay television industry a good run for their money.

    He also said the same trend will pose a daunting challenge to the voice segment of the mobile telecoms industry in the country, adding that when more people are able to put about 10gigabytes of data on their smartphones, they are most likely going to abandon voice calls.

    He said the emergence of Netflix which offers its subscription at about $8 a month and allows unlimited access to movies, is a threat to existing pay satellite television content providers.

    According to him, when an instant messaging platform which can share picture and messages,such as WhatsApp made its debut a few years ago, it disorganised the revenue profile of telcos as the revenue component arising from short message services (SMS) went down significantly.

    Venn, who spoke in Lagos with information communications technology (ICT) editors, said Spectranet, an internet service provider (ISP) deploying the latest technology-4G or long term evolution (LTE), aligns totally with the eight-point agenda of the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) CEO, Prof Umar Dambatta, adding that the firm wishes to revolutionise the access to the internet both in the rural and urban areas of the country.

    He said over the past one year, a lot has been done to improve the Spectranet network to make it more resilient and accommodate fast video streaming, adding that this year will mark the firm’s year of phenomenal growth across the country as plans have reached advanced stage to take services to the rural areas.

    He said the firm already has fibre optic cables in Lagos and Abuja, adding that the cables are also complemented with base transceiver stations (BTS) erected across the country to make end user experience on the network worth the cash paid for subscription. He said the firm has upgraded the network and was in talks with Netflix so that subscribers could download videos from Spectranet’s server in Nigeria saving the pains of downloading from America, adding that the firm has built its optic fibre cables in rings to take care of possible vandalism and possibility of service disruption.

     

  • Forex policy stifling ICT development, says Spectranet chief

    The foreign exchange (forex) policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has taken its toll on the information communications technology (ICT) sector.

    It has not only stifled efforts to expand capacity but has turned operators into debtors as they cannot get dollars to pay for equipment imported into the country, the Chief Executive Officer, Spectranet, David Venn said yesterday in Lagos.

    Speaking with ICT reporters in what the firm tagged: Town Hall Meeting, he lamented that the policy has put spanners in the wheel of the plans of entrepreneurs who depend on imported equipment such as Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) to offer high quality services to customers in the country.

    Spectranet is a firm that offers high speed internet services, using the latest technology which is 4G.

    He said the major challenge with the dollar drought is that the technology firm has the cash in naira but cannot get dollar to buy to pay for goods and services. According to him, international bandwidth requisite for the delivery of super fast broadband internet services and equipment are sourced from outside the country in dollars, lamenting that the forex squeeze has disorganised the capacity expansion plans of the firm.