CobraNet unveils UGo in Lagos

Internet Service Provider (ISP), Cobranet has unveiled its broadband internet service called UGo in Lagos.

Performing the unveiling, chairman, Cobranet, Mr. Karim G. Boulos, said that the latest offering from the stable of his firm is assumed the fastest mode of connecting to the Internet at high speed.

Today, he said, the UGo service is available to the teeming population within Lagos area presently.

According to him, the event which also saw the unveiling of the new company logo, heralds a new kind of internet offering for the Nigerian populace.

“Cobranet as a company has been in Nigeria since 2003, but this is a new and exciting chapter for us. We have identified that there is a need to provide a quality data service to those that need it within Lagos at affordable prices and we have responded to that call with the new range – UGo powered by Cobranet,” he said.

Boulos noted that with UGo brand, Cobranet has deployed a complete mobile data solution for Nigerians, using ‘non-line of sight’ technology.

“This plug and play technology enables users to purchase one top of the range tastefully designed Customer Premises Equipment (CPE), activate it and immediately start browsing,” he said.

The UGo packages, he pointed out, comprise of the Home-Bronze, Home Silver, Home Gold, Small office and Home office (SoHo) Bronze and SoHo Silver.

“All designed to empower consumers that have vibrant and vigorous lifestyles; it is suitable to those business and individual consumers that are always ‘on the go’ and need dependable, quality internet connectivity. There are also packages to suit the need of large corporate organizations and dedicated bandwidth options, if so required,” he said.

Equally, Boulos said that UGo powered by Cobranet offers a 24/7 customer care centre for its service, which is manned by professionally trained engineers who pro-actively monitor the network 24 hours a day.

Cobranet, he further said, upholds the highest level of reliability with redundant and diverse paths to avoid single points of failure.

“The pro-active network monitoring and management have positioned Cobranet a step ahead in system default detection and repair,” he declared.

The CPEs, he noted, come in cable, Universal Serial Bus (USB) and Bluetooth formats, offering easy connections to Personal computer (PC), hence available in different sizes of modems.

“Subscribers can also choose any plan, change it or upgrade with a simple click of a mouse. There are various payment options tailored for individual and corporate clients including scratch cards, paying by debit cards or payment in branches of all major banks or in Cobranet stores,” he explained.

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