Globacom @ 10: Portraits of Success

If the story of the telecommunications revolution in Nigeria has a theme so far in the last decade, it is surely one of success.

To hail that spirit on the 10th anniversary of Globacom, Nigeria’s telecommunications powerhouse; Nigeria CommunicationsWeek revisits the events and the achievements of the company which led Nigeria, moved her and inspired hope.

This is despite being a later starter because Globacom actually begun operations some two years after competitions had established themselves in the country.

Today, 10 years since August 29, 2003 when Globacom launched, it has been an astonishing success woven with unimpeachable services.

It is a home grown company with world class attitude founded and operating with the passion to re-ignite the African spirit.

The network has proved that in a decade of operation, that Africans can match the best anywhere in the world.

Globacom’s resilience, energy and excellence has also paid off because at June this year, it has some 25 million subscribers with coverage extending to over 105,000 cities, towns, and communities.

At launch in 2003, Globacom, immediately forced down the cost of telephone services with the crashing of GSM tariffs and SIM costs making telephony more accessible.

It pioneered per second billing and still gave Nigerians the option to be charged either by minute or by second.

Indeed, the company has brought to Africa more benefits of modern technological innovations.

We are excited that the company has started extending its operations to neighbouring African countries in line with its philosophy of bringing joy of communications required for them to be unlimited.

To this end, it has launched GSM services in Republic of Benin, Ghana and has won operating licenses in Senegal, Ivory Coast and Gambia.

This feat has positioned Globacom as Africa’s network operator and not a Nigeria operator.

The Globacom 9,200km international submarine cable, Glo 1, configured from Portugal to Lagos, which berths in Bonny, Ghana among other countries has contributed to the quest for broadband revolution.

The submarine cable has enhanced quality of its services and provided in abundance the much needed bandwidth for other operators in the country. When all the phases are completed, the cable would pass through 15 countries.

According to Globacom, the submarine cable enables Glo to provide quality service through multiple redundant and high quality direct links to various countries across the world. It would enable it to interconnect with many international networks and leading traffic carriers in the West African region.

Nigeria CommunicationsWeek congratulates Otunba Mike Adenuga, Globacom’s founder for helping Nigerians glow in many ways.

We wish Adenuga and his team more calls and SMSes.

Happy Anniversary.