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was jubilation galore at Grand Hotel Asaba, where Globacom management
handed over the keys of choice cars, such as BMW, Peugeot, Nissan
Sunny and Kia Rio to 12 winners of its on-going 'Win and Rule Promo',
in which Globacom is giving away 500 brand new cars to its loyal
subscribers. Some of the winners, in ecstatic mood jumped, praising the management of Globacom for living up to expectation by proving to Nigerians that they have genuine |
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| intention to enable its subscribers rule their world and for bringing smiles to the faces of many through the Win and Rule promo. One of the winners of a Kia Rio, Uchenna Echem from Ebonyi State who came with clutches as a result of ghastly motor accident he had sometime ago, said that God has used Globacom to turn his tears to joy by providing him a car when he never expected he could be so rewarded. He continued to chorus “Globacom I thank you o” after receiving the keys to his Kia Rio. Messrs Happy Anighoro Edegua and
Ikeh Christian Mmaduabuchi both took home a brand new BMW 3 series
car each. Mmaduabuchi on his part told newsmen later that “God
has blessed me through Globacom”. In this same vein, wife of the Delta State Deputy Governor, Nelly Utuama while congratulating the winners, said “I enjoin you to spread the good news of what Globacom has done for you”. She called on other Nigerians to embrace the promo and called on Globacom to continue in this light. Earlier, while welcoming guests to the occasion, Chief Operating Officer of Globacom Mohamed Jameel who was represented by the Zonal Manager, Chudi Nwoye said “at Globacom, we are not just celebrating this promo; we are celebrating a resilient network, a network that continues to grow and earn the confidence of the generality of the people daily”. Continuing he said “we have
demonstrated our commitment towards network improvement by striving
to complete our optic fibre installations around the country. In
the last few weeks, we have commissioned the installations in Minna,
Enugu, Owerri and Onitsha to make qualitative telecoms services,
phone calls, data transmission and video communication more accessible
for Nigerians”. |
Visafone has
launched the 4th phase of its Fantastic Offer which the company is calling
a “Fantastic Bundle offer.” Under the offer, subscribers who
pay as low as N1, 899 or N2, 299 will enjoy mouth-watering goodies: one
handset, free SIM card and free N50 airtime.
While both phones are slim and stylish and come with 65k colour, the N2,299
phone comes with extra features: FM radio, hands-free, 3 way calling,
200+ phonebook and slim speaker phone making it the most exciting phone
in that price range.Purchasing a Visafone handset in the Fantastic Bundle
offer will aside from the goodies, lead subscribers into a world of benefits
which include lowest on-Net (10 kobo per second) and international call
rates (N12 to the US and Canada), 10% discount on calls to Friends and
Family numbers, free N50 airtime on activation,
SMS as low as N5
with excellent voice clarity and coverage in 14 states and over 100 cities
and towns.
A statement from the company said that “our new offer and low priced
handset strategy is aimed at fulfilling our promise of bringing the joy
of communication to Nigerians by providing them affordable handsets and
low tariffs.”
Visafone, a wholly owned Nigerian mobile phone company which
launched its operations in February 2008 in 12 states and over 40 cities
has expanded rapidly with coverage in 14states and over 100 cities across
Nigeria in less than three months of operations in fulfilment of its promise
to give Nigerians their “passport to reach the world.”
Celtel Nigeria has launched a new local entrepreneurship project, Celtel Rural Acquisition Initiative (RAI), aimed at boosting rural business and connecting rural areas to the rest of the world.
Chief Executive Officer of Celtel, Bayo Ligali said Celtel RAI is designed
to boost rural business, rural employment, entrepreneurship, empower rural
dwellers, and increase the level of community participation in telecom
business by offering rural entrepreneurs micro-franchises.
He said under the RAI programme, the mobile operator will franchise base
stations in rural and poorest parts of Nigeria where about 70 per cent
of Nigerians live and work. About 500 rural base stations are expected
to be franchised by the end of 2008, creating 5,000 jobs in the process.
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The national rollout of
the programme was launched by the Honourable Speaker of the Federal
House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, at a ceremony in Abuja. Ligali observed that rural areas were still largely underserved, adding that analysts forecast that 80% of new net subscriptions |
in the Nigerian market over the period 2008-12 will come from rural areas, with a potential rural subscriber base of some 40 million people spread across some 35,000 rural villages. He explained that Celtel will utilize rural entrepreneurs as trade partners or Associate Distributors (ADs) or local entrepreneurs who will be the company's exclusive representatives in their communities.
He said the ADs will be offered a relevant Celtel products
and services portfolio including specifically introduced low denomination
recharge cards or vouchers.
The ADs will be responsible for level one Base Station maintenance and
security of Celtel equipment in their localities.
They will operate on a revenue sharing basis, will
be supervised by larger distributors or trade partners and will be given
a Start up pack including Stand Alone branded shelter (Kiosk), In store
point of sale and merchandising materials, tailored rural brand communication
, materials for outdoor, a manned payphone and brand new scooter or motorcycle.
Celtel commenced RAI, first as a pilot project, in mid 2007, with the
aim of profitably reaching about 50% of Nigerian population that reside
and work in rural areas.
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Reltelwireless has commenced
operations in Abakaliki, Nsukka, Orlu and Ihiala in the South-eastern
region as part of its on going roll-out plan which will ensure that
the telecommunications company covers Nigeria with its products and
services. Newswire Nigeria reports that at a press briefing recently, Chief Technical Officer, Reltelwireless, Andy Ibekaku, said that commencement of services in the four South- |
eastern cities “is part of a phased campaign that will take Reltelwireless products and services to all the nooks and crannies of Nigeria”.
According to Ibekaku, the launch of services in these cities is strategic by virtue of their position as sub-regional hubs. “With the commencement of services in these cities our commitment to making excellent telecommunication services available to the underserved areas would be realized. These cities would be part of the new South-east region consisting of Aba, Onitsha, Enugu, Umuahia, Orlu, Ihiala, Owerri, Abakaliki and Nsukka with Enugu as the headquarters”.
He further stated that the company roll-out projections would see its services covering 51 towns and cities before the end of this year. “Our strategy is to expand aggressively and extensively across the country, so that our customers can derive maximum value from our services. We are deepening our capacity and working on our transmission network. This would see more cities like Benin, Warri, Sapele, Calabar, Eket, Uyo, Makurdi, Kano and Jos being part of the network and fully operating in no distant time”.
It would be recalled that Reltelwireless had earlier acquired the Unified Access Service License with national spectrum license, covering the 36 states of Nigeria, including the Federal Capital Territory, thus making it one of the few telecommunications operators in the country, and the first CDMA operator to be granted the license.
Reltelwireless currently operates in 18 cities and is ringing in more than 117 towns. These cities include Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Aba, Owerri, Orlu, Ihiala, Umuahia, Onitsha, Asaba, Enugu, Ibadan, Awka, Nnewi, Kaduna, Zaria, Abakaliki and Nsukka.
Reltelwireless, Nigeria's foremost telecommunications solutions provider, recently treated some Nigerian children, selected from various public schools in Abuja, to a series of mentoring, humanitarian and personal development activities, as part of the 2008 Children's and Youth Day celebrations.
The activities which were co-coordinated by an Abuja-based firm, Trim Communications, included a 3-hour interactive session with the Honourable Minister in charge of the FCT, Alhaji Aliyu Modibbo Umar, visits to the Nigeria Television Authority and DBN TV, the Yeye Orphanage Gwarimpa, and a host of other fun activities.
Head, Corporate Communications of Reltelwireless,
Oge Udeagha, stated that there was both a corporate social responsibility
and a business case for the initiative.
“We are of the view that, as a truly Nigerian company, exposing
our children to open and frank interactions with highly placed members
of society will provide them with an opportunity to learn, first hand,
how governments function, develop their public speaking skills, while
at the same time providing government officials with an insight into the
needs and expectations of young Nigerians.
“On the business side, we also believe that as a company with a long term vision for the Nigerian nation and its people, our future is better secured if children, who will be the decision makers of tomorrow, understand and buy into the vision of the company. This is a project we are proud to be associated with, and we look forward to making this an annual event, with more children from other parts of the country participating”, Udeagha said.
Reltelwireless has consistently positioned itself
as a people-centric company, committed to working with the Nigerian government
in making telecommunications services available to all cadres of the society.
This has been made manifest in the company's trail blazing effort in reducing
the cost of acquisition and tariffs in the industry.
For 21 days in June, staff of Nigeria's leading telecommunications company, MTN Nigeria across the country will embark on a series of community based activities under a programme known as 21 Days of Y'ello Care.
It is the second edition of the programme initiated last year by the
MTN Group to encourage staff of the company in all its 21 operations in
Africa, Asia and the Middle East to volunteer their resources, time and
skills to help others and the communities they live and work in.
Last year, MTN staff across Nigeria participated in more than 70 different
volunteer activities such as clearing drains, tree planting, cleaning
public places, traffic control, visits to hospitals and orphanages as
well as career and counselling visits to high schools.
For this year's edition, MTN Nigeria has adopted the theme 'Beyond the
call of duty' to encourage staff to go beyond what they do for a living
and deploy their skills to the benefit of society.
MTN staff will once again participate in a broad range of programmes classified
under two main groups: Business Transformers and I Care, respectively.
The Business Transformers group will undertake coaching sessions on successful
business management with small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs).
MTN staff who are qualified in various professions such as accounting
or Information Technology who have been privileged to work in a best practice
organization such as MTN, will endeavour to effect the relevant skills
transfer to their counterparts in the SMEs.
Under the second group, I Care, MTN staff will volunteer their time and
other resources to show care to less privileged members of the society.
Some of such activities will include visits to orphanages, old people's
homes, prisons, hospitals and other places where they can give succour
and support to the underprivileged.
During the 21 day programme, MTN staff in Nigeria will also be encouraged to give away material possessions that they are no longer in need of but which can be of tremendous value to the less privileged members of the society.
“For MTN, the concept of corporate social responsibility is deeply
entrenched in our culture and we show that we are a caring organization
all year round. But 21 Days of Y'ello Care offers a unique platform to
get our staff personally involved in showing love, care and attention
to our people and our communities', explained Amina Oyagbola, MTN's Corporate
Services Executive.
According to Oyagbola, 21 Days of Y'ello Care is consistent with MTN's
commitment to contributing to the socio-economic well being of its host
communities, adding that since MTN commenced operation in Nigeria in 2001,
the company has successfully implemented numerous Corporate Social Investment
initiatives, through the MTN Foundation, that have directly impacted over
a million people across the country.
“MTN is the only telecommunications company that dedicates a percentage of its profit after tax exclusively to Corporate Social Investment initiatives,” she said adding that as at December 31st 2007, the company through its foundation had 107 project sites in 28 states across Nigeria including the FCT.
“For this edition of 21 Days of Y'ello Care, we are going all out
to touch lives, lift people's spirits, make a difference in people's lives
and bring smiles to many faces,” Oyagbola said.
The programme kicks off on 1 June, with all the activities taking place
simultaneously across Nigeria. It will be rounded off with a family party
in Lagos on 21 June.
Celtel Trade Partners who have been on a business visit to the Peoples Republic of China have described the trip as an eye-opener. The Dealers, who arrived Nigeria recently enthused that they learned vital lessons from the Chinese companies they visited as well as the people of China.
Managing Director of Seaman Ventures, Emeka Agbanari, summed up the feelings
of the team describing the trip as not only rewarding but also relaxing.
He explained that they have learned new things, explored new business
relationships, deepened their understanding of the telecoms trade, and
also had the opportunity to envision the future of telecom products and
services distribution business in Nigeria in alliance with Celtel Nigeria.
The business empowerment trip was sponsored by Celtel Nigeria to help
the Dealers improve on their knowledge of the telecom business, develop
new business links, learn key lessons from the Chinese mobile market and
relax from the hustle and bustle of daily trading activities.
20 Trade partners were rewarded with an all expense paid trip to China
by Celtel during its Trade Partner Awards last February.
The team visited ZTE offices responsible for Research & Development,
Marketing and Production in Shenzhen. There was also a visit to China
Mobile offices including the Sales, Marketing, Administration offices
and Consumers Contact Centre.
ZTE is a leading global telecom equipment and handsets manufacturer while
China Mobile is the largest single telecom operator in the world and has
a subscriber base that is larger than the population of the United States
of America.
The beneficiaries were Hiro-Oje Investment Limited, Allennsar Infinity
Nigeria Limited, Plus Limited, LYNQ Communication Limited, Stanqueen Investment
Limited, Servisys Nigeria Limited, Royal Serve Wireless Limited, Glovic
Nigeria Limited, Seaman Ventures Nigeria Limited and Suleiko Communications
Limited among others.