Glo Crashes Data Subscription, Offers 1GB for N300 – TheNigerialawyer

Nigeria’s second biggest telecommunication company, Globacom
Nigeria Limited has crashed data subscription with a plan to
internet services available to its customers nationwide.

In its ambitious plan to further entrench itself as a game
changer in the industry, the telecom giant has unveiled a new
offer, Glo Daily Data Splash, exclusively packaged for heavy data
users.

The new offer was unveiled in a statement its Corporate
Communication Office released at the weekend, now offering 1GB for
N300 while 2GB for N500

The statement said the package which was conceived to provide
reliable internet services to subscribers at affordable rate comes
with 1GB of data for N300 and 2GB for N500.

With N300 which gives a validity of one day, the statement said
the new product “gives a data value of 1GB to subscribers, just as
N500 gives the subscribers 2GB.

“These are the most affordable customer-friendly data plans in
the industry. The Daily Data Splash offers are available for both
existing and new Glo customers.

“The Daily Data Splash can also be gifted to other subscribers
by the original subscriber and it can also be shared with others
such that five subscribers can log on to the plan at the same time
seamlessly and enjoy the benefits accruable together.”

Globacom restated its commitment to empowering more people with
data at affordable rates, thus enabling them to meet up with their
internet needs.

It, therefore, called on Nigerians to make utmost use of the
special offer by dialing *777#.

One of the dynamic changes Globacom brought to the industry is
the introduction of the per second billing in Nigeria which made it
much easier for Nigerians to get value for money by paying only for
the exact time spent on calls.

It also crashed the cost of making GSM calls by reducing the
cost of acquiring the line and tariff from N20,000 and N50 per
minute respectively to as low as N200 and 5 kobo per second.

The company’s leadership in innovation and value pricing has
boosted the country’s telephone penetration and empowered Nigerians
to enjoy affordable voice and data services.

Besides, the company had introduced Glo Mobile, which had since
launch led the vanguard for the downward review of SIM acquisition
and service costs in line with its mission to offer Nigerians
affordable telecommunication services.

It claimed that prior to the Glo Mobile’s entry into the market,
average prepaid call tariff was N48 per minute, noting that Glo
Mobile launched with N37 for calls within the network and N39 for
calls outside the network.

More importantly, the telecom giant said the PSB, which it
pioneered, “now ensures that subscribers pay for only what they
use. The crashing of SIM cost is also attributable to Glo Mobile’s
intervention.

“The company launched with N10,000 SIM price compared to the
prevailing N25,000 offered by other operators. This was then
reduced to N6,999.

“Shortly afterwards, Glo Mobile launched the Talk Now package, a
unique promotion which gave subscribers the opportunity to own
their lines after making a down payment of just #2,999 while the
balance was deducted from their accounts in installments.

“It was the first audacious effort by any network in Nigeria to
grow the critical mass. Glo Mobile followed this effort with an
unbelievable N1 SIM price promo offer.

After the promo, Glo continued to force the price of telephone
such that now SIMs are sold for as little as N100. Without the Glo
Mobile intervention Nigerian subscribers will still be paying as
high as N10,000 for SIM and N48 per minute call.”

As shown in the industry reports, the launch of Glo 1
International submarine cable in 2010 marked the advent of
affordable Internet connection in the country.

Reports claimed that the facility, which is the first
individually owned international submarine cable “offers sufficient
bandwidth for Internet services not only for Globacom but also for
many ISPs and other telecom operators who today rely on Glo 1 for
Internet bandwidth.

“This is why telecoms companies can today offer up to 1 gigabyte
data for just N300,” reports said.

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