Glo Expands High Speed 3G Internet to Prepaid Customers

Globacom has launched the prepaid 3G Plus modem, thus making it possible for millions of prepaid subscribers on the network to enjoy the benefits of high speed internet service.
Ken Hall, Globacom’s director of Sales, said while showcasing the high quality prepaid 3G modem, that the internet package will give subscribers the freedom to use the service anytime, anyhow and anywhere.
The easy-to-use Glo 3G Plus modem costs N12,000, the most competitive rate in the market. The modem, Huawei E160G, is of the highest quality and is compatible with various operating systems and networks including Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Apple Mac (OS X 10.4 & 10.5), GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA and HSDPA, Hall stated.
“The modem pack and modem are beautifully designed and project a vibrant appeal.  Each High Speed Internet modem comes with a customized and easy to follow User Guide.  Once the High Speed Internet modem is plugged into a desktop or laptop a Glo GUI (Guided User Interface) appears on screen allowing the user to set preferences and begin browsing instantly.  This particular Glo 3G plus product has been designed specifically for ease of use and setup as opposed to many other modems in the market that do not take into perspective detailed Customer care”, said Hall.
To enjoy the high speed internet service on the 3G Plus modem, a prepaid subscriber is required to simply text “activate” to 127 from the 3G Plus SIM sold for N200. Other advantages of the Glo 3G Plus modem include extensive coverage, instant activation, low tariff, subscription & re-subscription via recharge cards and flexible bundle offerings.
Hall said the 3G Plus technology was extended to prepaid subscribers on the Glo network to enable them to enjoy benefits which before now were available to only postpaid subscribers. Globacom had in December 2007 become the first GSM network in Nigeria to launch the 3G Plus.
The first phase of the prepaid 3G Plus services covers Lagos, Ibadan, Abuja, Benin and Port Harcourt while plans are in top gear to introduce the service in other locations across the country.
The Sales director said the Glo 3G Plus technology revolutionizes the way data is transferred and relayed digitally by making much faster the transmission of data, voice, broadband internet and multimedia services over a range of frequencies.
“In addition to giving users high- speed internet access, the 3GPlus technology allows them to do video calls and video streaming on their 3G mobile handsets. It also offers other advanced mobile services such as Video Greeting Kiosk, Video Mail Box, Video conferencing on both Phones and PCs and so many other services on the 3G High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) network, which enables speeds up to 3.6 Mega bytes per second (Mbps),” Hall stated.
“In essence, the Glo prepaid 3G Plus High Speed internet modem offers users faster connectivity and faster downloads at affordable rates,” he explained, adding that three packages had been designed for the convenience of subscribers. The highly flexible usage options offered by Glo include the All Day Packs, Bundled Hour Packs and Flexi packs.
Giving details of the packages, Olawunmi Jewesimi, Sales Manager of 3G Plus, said the All Day pack has the Always MAX, Always Min and Always Day package types. For the Always MAX package, the user is required to pay N10,000 monthly fee and this gives him access to the internet all day for 30 days.
For the Always Min package, Jewesimi explained, the user pays N5,000 a month for all-day access to the internet for 30 days, while the monthly fee for Always Day pack is N500 for all day access for 24 hours.
The Bundled Hour Packs come in two categories: G300 which attracts N15,000 monthly fee for all day access for 300 hours and G100 which has a monthly fee of N6,000 with 100 hours, all day access.
Similarly, the Flexi pack is in two categories: the G Work package attracts N6,000 monthly charge with 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. access for 30 days and the G Leisure which has a monthly fee of N5,000 for 30 days’ access for 8 p.m. to 9 a.m. every day and all day during weekends.
A promo Bonus of 50mb and N100 worth of Glo to Glo SMS comes with the first subscription to the service, the director explained.
He said the launch of the 3G Plus network was informed by Globacom’s passion to avail subscribers and Nigerians at large the benefits of advances made in information and communications technology for the purpose of spurring  economic and socio-political success.
The service will be of great benefit to students, academics, professionals, Middle-level managers, researchers and corporate organizations, Jewesimi noted.
Glo is reputed as having the best GPRS coverage in Nigeria. Jewesimi said the already fast Glo’s prepaid 3G services will receive a further boost when Glo 1 which landed in the country recently starts to carry traffic.