Glo Launches Nigeria’s First Mobile 4G LTE Service
Nigerian multinational telecommunications company, Globacom Limited, on Tuesday rolled out the country’s first nationwide mobile 4G/Long Term Evolution (LTE) network.
According to the company, the network can be currently accessed by subscribers in Lagos, Port Harcourt, Abuja, 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 and will be available in every part of the country in no distant time.
Announcing the new development, Globacom Head, Corporate Sales, Kamaldeen Shonibare said: “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.
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“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.”
The new Glo 4G LTE signifies Nigeria’s first widely spread LTE network, and will offer subscribers instant efficient broadband internet services at speeds multiple times faster than the 3G network, enabling subscribers to download ultra-high definition videos in seconds.
According to Mr. Shonibare, the advanced technology of the Glo 4G LTE services, would touch all aspects of life, from education to agriculture and medical care, thus making life more interesting, comfortable and enjoyable for Nigerians.
“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.
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According to Glo’s official Twitter account, the 4G plans will range from N50 (for 30MB for one week) to N18, 000 (for 90GB for 30 days). The fact that the plans are affordable isn’t surprising; Glo does have one of the best data plans in the country.
