Glo Extends Telecom Services to Ivory Coast

The granting operating license to Globacom by the government Cote d’Ivoire recently has pave the way the telecommunications giant to launch telecom services in the country.
Mohamed Jameel, group chief operating officer (GCOO) Globacom, said the company would replicate in the Francophone country its Nigeria and Benin Republic success stories. This, he said, would be achieved by deploying the best technology and human resources.
The telecom license which was conveyed to Globacom through the Agence des Telecommunications de Cote d’Ivoire, the telecommunication regulatory authority of Cote d’Ivoire, enables Globacom to take advantage of its trans-Atlantic submarine cable, Glo 1, which has a branching point in Cote d’Ivoire.
Jameel stated that with the development, Globacom would avail Ivorians the opportunity to be part of the telecommunications revolution which the network is bringing to Africa.
The Glo 1 cable will deliver transmission capacity that will fundamentally transform Africa's economic landscape by providing unprecedented high speed internet services and make telecom services much faster, more reliable and cheaper for consumers. Glo-1's current and ultimate capacity is enough to cater to the required broadband capacity of Africa for at least the next 15 to 20 years.  It has a current capacity of 640 Gigabit per second and an ultimate capacity of 2.5 Terabit per second.
The GCOO said Globacom would also offer international carrier services for telecom operators in Cote d’Ivoire. “Glo will aggregate and carry voice and data traffic into and out of the country,” he added.
The company which has gateway switches outside the continent is currently a major player in the global telecommunication industry. It will thus aggregate traffic to and from third party networks in the country and all telecom operators irrespective of the type of technology deployed (CDMA, 3G, 4G and VOIP). This will lead to cheaper international calls and excellent call completion.
Commenting on the new license, Paddy Adenuga, Globacom’s group executive director, said it gave impetus to the network’s desire to provide the needed opportunity for West African  countries and the whole of Africa to leap forward economically through an excellent communication network and a cost-effective voice, data, video and e-commerce services.
“In line with our vision, we are building a network that will provide the most comprehensive international communication services on the continent to bridge the digital divide between Africa and the rest of the world,” Adenuga stated.
He assured that Glo would continue to play a major role in stimulating a new era of prosperity in the sub-continent and build facilities that will offer Africa advanced telecom services such as teleconferencing, distance learning, disaster recovery and telemedicine, on-line diagnosis and video conferencing during surgery and research.