Glo launches Nigeria's 1st 4G/LTE nationwide network
Consistent with its numerous pioneering roles in Nigeria's telecommunication industry, Globacom has rolled out the country's first world-class nationwide mobile 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. This followed a successful multi-dimensional test-run of the advanced network.
With
this development, telecom subscribers in several parts of key cities in
Lagos, Port Harcourt in Rivers State, Abuja in the Federal Capital
City, Jos
in Plateau State, Warri in Delta State, Eket in Akwa Ibom State, Benin
City in Edo State, Yola in Adamawa State and Zaria in Kaduna State can
immediately connect to Glo 4G LTE network, while roll-out to other major
cities of the country will happen in quick
succession in the days ahead.
The Glo 4G LTE,
which
is the country's first nationwide network implementation, is offering
instant efficient broadband internet to millions of Nigerians at speeds
multiple times faster than
the 3G network, enabling subscribers to download ultra high definition videos in seconds.
This
major milestone will enable Globacom to offer its subscribers data
intensive applications, and will particularly be great news to
individuals who consume
huge volumes of data, as well as government and corporate organisations
like banks, oil and gas companies, academic institutions and health
institutions, which rely exclusively on seamless data transfer for their
operations.
"We
are pleased to once again play a leading role in empowering Nigerians
with world class data services, helping to close the digital divide. In
the last
one and a half years, the people of this great country have spoken
repeatedly by making Globacom the largest data network in new
subscriptions. The best we can do for our people who believe in us and
made us their number one data network is to give them the
best technology. What we are offering is the new speed of life,” said
Kamaldeen Shonibare, Head, Corporate Sales, Globacom.
With
the launch of 4G/LTE services, Globacom has unveiled a wide range of
hard-to-beat 4G data bundle offers to enable all categories of
subscribers to
have access to the revolutionary products and services. The benefits
include free access to thousands of music, video and movie on demand.
For instance, for only N500, subscribers will get a whopping 1.6GB of
data, while N1000 will give them 3.2GB data. Other
exciting offers include 7.5GB for N2000, 10GB for N2,500, 18GB for
N4000 and 24GB for N5000. The data plans range from N50 to N18,000 to
suit eveyone’s pocket.
Globacom
is also offering a brand new 4G LTE router which gives access to Ultra
High Speed Internet and landline, with free SIM, 60Gb of shareable data
valid for a month and free world-class content for a one-off fee of
N31,000. For those who prefer MiFi, Globacom is bundling its 4G MiFi
with free SIM, 60Gb of shareable data valid for one month and free
world-class content for a one-off fee of N25,000.
Shonibare said
the Glo 4G LTE services would make life more interesting, comfortable and enjoyable for Nigerians as the advanced technology
would touch all aspects of life from education to agriculture and medical care.
“Our
subscribers today already enjoy downloading music, video and movie
contents and streaming contents on their phones and other devices. But
the new
Glo 4G LTE network offers subscribers a significantly improved
experience. The video and voice quality in video calls on different
applications like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Viber etc is a lot
clearer while the picture quality is crisper,
and the transmission is faster,” he said.
He
said the technology will enable Globacom to empower most of the over
150 million telecom subscribers in Nigeria to have access to the
internet at
a much faster
speed, enjoy ultra high definition video without buffering and utilise other high intensive data applications with ease.
He
described Globacom as the digital network for both the present and
future generations. “We're the next generation network, the grandmasters
of data.
That is why we have taken the lead in providing 4G LTE nationwide with
mobility for Nigerians. We want them to experience the power of real
time mobile broadband technology at the most affordable rates," he said.
Shonibare
said all a customer requires to join the most advanced network is to
buy and register a 4G LTE Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) or swap his
or
her existing SIM for a 4G SIM, get a 4G phone and dial *777# to buy a
data plan. He urged subscribers to visit the nearest Gloworld shop to
connect to the Glo 4G LTE and enjoy the boundless opportunities offered
by the advanced and superior technology.
L-R-Globacom’s
senior officials, Fred Edevbiri of the Legal Department, Ayo-Fasan
Temitope, Brand Specialist, Kamaldeen Shonibare, Head, Corporate Sales,
and Sanjib Roy, Regional Director,
Technical, at the launch of Glo 4G LTE nationwide network in Lagos on Tuesday.
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