Globacom has
been described as an agent of transformation by the leadership of the
Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), for its efforts on
revolutions in the Nigerian telecoms sector, reports ITRealms.
Globacom and
its chairman, Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr. were given unique prominence in a list of
100 heroes of Nigeria’s telecom in a new publication by the Association of
Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON).
The book was
formally unveiled in Lagos on Friday at the Oriental Hotel, Lekki.
The launch
of the publication which was chaired by Dr. Ernest Ndukwe, former Executive
Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), also has in
attendance, Alhaji Adebayo Shittu, Minister of Communications, who was the
Special Guest of Honour.
The
publication noted that Globacom had pioneered a series of innovations that have
helped to transform the nation’s telecommunications sector extensively, adding
that one of the most impactful feats performed by Globacom was the introduction
of per second billing (PSB) in Nigeria at inception.
PSB made it
possible for Nigerians to get unprecedented value for money by paying only for
the exact time spent on calls.
It also
added that Globacom facilitated telephone penetration nationwide through
hundred percent reduction of GSM SIM price from N20,000 to N200 and crashing of
call tariff from N50 to 5kobo.
In addition,
the publication also listed several products pioneered by Globacom. They
included Blackberry, vehicle tracking, mobile internet, mobile banking,
multimedia messaging service (MMS), in-flight roaming services, voice SMS,
Magic Plus and Text2email.
Also noted
was Globacom‘s Glo 1,the first wholly-owned submarine cable, a high
capacity optic fibre cable which brings
direct connectivity between West Africa, the UK and the rest of the world. The
9,800 km-long cable which provides excess bandwidth to all the cities connected
to it ensures the availability of bandwidth to enterprise customers in West
Africa and beyond.
In
continuation of Globacom’s giant strides in the nation’s telecoms industry, it
recently laid foundation of Glo 2 sub marine cable, another landmark which on
completion will be the first submarine cable in Nigeria to terminate outside
Lagos, thus providing enough bandwidth to communities in the southern part of
the country, especially the oil platforms.
Nenye Egbune/GEE
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