Glo Slashes Prices of Blackberry Devices

Determined to ensure that more Nigerians enjoy Blackberry services, national telecommunications operator, Glo has reduced the retail prices of top-rated Blackberry devices in its shops nationwide.
Announcing this reduction, Mr. Wumi Jewesimi, head, Blackberry/3G Sales, said that it was designed to make the devices available to more subscribers on the Glo network.
Details of the reduction shows that the Blackberry Gemini, which used to cost N54,000 in Glo’s retail shops, Gloworld, will now go for N49,000, giving a saving of N5,000. The Blackberry Bold, which used to sell at N100,000 in Gloworld, now costs N95,000, also a saving of N5,000.
The biggest saving is for those who decide to go for the trendy Bold 2, which sells for N85,000 from the original N100,000, giving the subscriber a saving of N15,000.
Jewesimi added that the reduced price on the devices is “the best deal for subscribers who purchase their devices from Gloworld and there is the peace of mind as there is the assurance that they are buying original devices which have been sourced directly from RIM by Glo.”
He added that the devices purchased from Gloworld have warranty and they also have the advantage of excellent GPRS coverage on the Glo network.
Glo also recently crashed the cost of calls for subscribers on its prepaid Blackberry services as it introduced a special BlackBerry U package, which offers the lowest uniform tariff structure for Prepaid BlackBerry users on any network in the country.
With the BlackBerry U, existing and new Glo prepaid Blackberry subscribers enjoy a call rate of N25/Minute or 42Kobo/second for all calls including Glo-to-Glo and Glo to other networks.
“With the best and widest GPRS coverage in Nigeria, subscribers using BlackBerry from Glo can therefore be guaranteed the most reliable services in more locations across the country at the lowest rate. This is the incredible value that comes with being on the Glo network”, he said.