Telecom giant, Globacom, has received commendations as one of the agents of the telecom revolution as the telecom company and its Chairman, Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr., have been listed in the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria, ATCON’s, 100 heroes of Nigeria’s telecom publication.
The publication which was unveiled to the public in Lagos noted that Globacom had pioneered a series of innovations that have helped to transform the nation’s telecom sector.
Some of the innovations included the introduction of the Per Second Billing, PSB, in Nigeria at inception.
The publication said that PSB made it possible for Nigerians to get unprecedented value for money by paying only for the exact time spent on calls.
The launch of the publication, which was chaired by former Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr. Ernest Ndukwe; also had in attendance the Minister of Communications Technology, Chief Adebayo Shittu, who was the Special Guest of Honour.
The book 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.
It also listed several products pioneered by Globacom, including 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.
The book also acknowledged that the company laid the foundation of Glo 2 submarine cable, recently, signaling another landmark which on completion will be the first submarine cable in Nigeria to terminate outside Lagos to help deepen broadband penetration to the southern part of the country.
