Glo Bags City People GSM Company of the Year Awards

National Telecoms Carrier, Globacom Limited, recently emerged the GSM Company of the Year at the 13th City People Awards for Excellence held at the Liberty Hall, Lekki Expressway, Lekki, Lagos.
According to the City People Media Group, organizers of the event, Globacom won the GSM Company of the Year in appreciation of its revolutionary role in the telecoms sector. 
“Globacom has proved itself to be a network to be reckoned with. The company recently landed its submarine cable, Glo 1 in Nigeria and Ghana. It has also pioneered a lot of firsts since it came on board, including the crashing of the price of SIM cards to the lowest level in the industry.”
“The company also brought in new innovations like 3G Plus, mobile banking, Internet, GPRS, MMS, the Blackberry and Glo Fleet Manager. Globacom is already rolling out services in some West African countries, beginning with the Republic of Benin”.
The glamorous event rewards and celebrates worthy Nigerians and corporate citizens who have excelled in their various areas of endeavour. The 2010 edition recorded a quality attendance with the presence of the Delta State Governor and his wife as well as the Deputy Governor of Osun State, and was witnessed by the Lagos glitterati.
Globacom is Nigeria’s Second National Operator (SNO) which provides world class telecommunications solutions and offers digital mobile services (GSM), national carrier service (fixed line), international gateway and on-line services.
A wholly Nigerian owned company, Globacom was founded on a vision of being the largest, most successful entertainment, information and telecommunications solutions provider, both in Nigeria and Africa as a whole. Globacom is part of the well-established Mike Adenuga Group of companies which has significant interests in the Nigerian oil, aviation and banking sectors.
Globacom has won a number of awards since it began operations in 2003. The company has won the Thisday Company of the Year award for three consecutive years in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
It was voted Best Mobile Telephone Company and Best Telephone Company 2006 by the Nigerian Technology and Telecom Awards (NIITA). It also won the Global Excellence 2006 Company of the Year as well as West Africa’s Most Preferred Telecommunications Company of the Year 2006 award by the Institute of Direct marketing of Nigerian (IDML).
In 2005, Globacom was adjudged Best Telecom Company by the Ogun State Government, Nigeria’s Best Network in Interconnectivity and Customer Friendliness by Excel Award for Excellence, Best Mobile Company for the Year 2005 by Nigeria IT/Telecoms Awards, and GSM Company of the Year 2004 and 2005 by the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS.
IT Editors in Nigeria had also voted Globacom as the Telecom Company of the Year 2004, while it was also pronounced the Best telecom Brand of the Year 2004 by City People Magazine. The list is as long as it is captivating.
Glo was awarded the Subscribers’ Friendly Operator award in its first year, by Nigerian Telecommunication subscribers and adjudged the network with the Lowest Call Drop Rate by Nigeria Telecom News. Industry regulator, The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), in 2005 declared it the network with the “Better Overall Quality of Service and Billing Accuracy”.