Calabar stands for Glo

Calabar stands for Glo
 

The Cultural Centre, Calabar, Cross River State, witnessed a huge turn out on Sunday, September 6, 2009, as Globacom honoured winners in its ongoing ''text 4 millions'' super promo along with other subscribers in the city. The National Operator stormed Calabar with Nigeria's leading musicians, comedians and Nollywood stars to treat the city to an evening of entertainment in continuation of its Laffta Fest programme. The evening saw the presentation of cheques to seven winners in the Glo ''text 4 millions'' promo. Each of them received a cheque for N1 million. Among those who received their prizes was Corporal Isaac Tope Odunfa of the Lagos State Police Command. Others were Mrs Olayinka Adegun from Abule Egba, Lagos, Mrs. Omobola Ishie, a Lagos based business woman, Mr. Ebonwonyi Cosmas, a medical doctor from Benin City, Edo State, Bode Dogunro, a banker, Owolabi Abiru and Gbadebo Ogunlewe, a clergyman. The winners expressed surprise that a Globacom could extend such generosity to its customers. Mrs. Adegun said, ''My husband and I have been wondering if Globacom really cares about profit considering the way the company gives out gifts and money to its subscribers. I am really delighted and I urge Nigerians to support this network and participate in the promotion as they can also win''. Also speaking at the event, Mrs Ishie, who had won N1million three times earlier, said that for her to be allowed to win as many times as possible showed that Globacom was an honest company with integrity. ''This is the fourth time that I have won in the ''text 4 millions'' promo. I commend Glo for allowing me to win the prizes,'' she stated. Among the specials guests at the event were Deputy Commissioner of Police, Tonye Ebitibitunwa, DSP Charles Okafor who presented the cheque on behalf of Globacom to Corporal Odunfa and Glo ambassadors Ini Edo and Mike Ezuruonye. Top rated musicians who thrilled the crowd to exciting music at the event include 9ice, Nigga Raw and Wande Coal. 

Glo 1 will boost Africa's economic growth
The search for bandwidth capacity for reliable telecommunications services in Africa got a major boost on Saturday, April 5, as Glo 1, the multi-million-dollar international submarine cable of National Operator, Globacom, landed in Lagos. At exactly 10.50am, Alcatel-Lucent officials handed over the Glo 1 submarine cable to Globacom, signaling the birth of a new era in telecommunication in the continent. The 9,800km-long cable from UK through Mauritania, Morocco and 16 West African countries with dedicated extension to New York, was anchored at its Landing Station at Alpha Beach, Lekki, Lagos. The Glo 1 cable will deliver transmission capacity that will radically change Nigeria and Africa's economic landscape by providing unprecedented high speed internet services and make telecom services much faster, more reliable and cheaper for consumers. In a statement to mark the landing of the cable, Globacom's Group Executive Director, Mr. Paddy Adenuga said Glo-1's current and ultimate capacity is enough to cater to the required broadband capacity of Nigeria for at least the next 15 to 20 years. Glo 1 has a current capacity of 640Gigabit per second and an ultimate capacity of 2.5 Terabit per second. Adenuga said, ''Glo 1 will provide the needed opportunity for West African countries and indeed Africa to leap forward economically through an excellent communication network and a cost-effective voice, data, video and e-commerce services across Africa, Europe and the rest of the world''. ''The facility will provide the most comprehensive international communication services on the continent to bridge the digital divide between Africa and the rest of the World,'' he added. Adenuga said Glo 1 has 99.9% up time reliability, world-class long distance voice, video and data communication services for African customers, adding that the cable will support the large bandwidth requirements of direct consumers and other service providers. He said the cable will free up resources for other forms of investments which governments and business developments need through broad market coverage at high capacity and at a fraction of cost and time. Glo 1 will also facilitate foreign investment and employment opportunities in the sub region, he stated. ''In a nutshell, Glo 1 will stimulate a new era of prosperity in the sub-continent,'' said Adenuga who added that the successful delivery of the cable has shown that Globacom has an awesome capacity to deliver complex projects. Dwelling on Glo 1's specific benefits to Nigerians in particular and Africans in general, Adenuga said the cable will facilitate teleconferencing, distance learning, disaster recovery and telemedicine among several other benefits for the people. ''The facility will aid on-line diagnosis and video conferencing during surgery and research, while distance learning will be made easy by enabling the participation of a class of students and lecturers from different parts of the world in real time,'' he explained. Globacom and Alcatel-Lucent officials said the facility will be live in about six weeks when all the connections have been effected. Alcatel-Lucent, the world leader in submarine cable installation which handled the project, congratulated Globacom for achieving the historic feat. The Intrepid, the ship which brought the Glo 1 cable has left for Accra, Ghana to complete the Phase One of the installation in other West African countries including Senegal and Cote D'Ivoire. The landing of Glo 1 in Ghana will also boost the preparation for the nationwide launch of Glo Mobile Ghana. Glo also said that the phase 2 of the submarine cable project will connect South Africa through Angola. Glo said all its efforts are geared towards building the biggest and best telecommunication network in Africa and the network is already operating in Benin Republic. Globacom started its operation six years ago. Regarded as Nigeria's most innovative network, Glo also pioneered the introduction of several other innovative services in Nigeria including Per Second Billing, Mobile Internet, Blackberry, Vehicle Tracking, Voice SMS and In-flight Roaming. Jobless graduate, 7 others receive Glo's N8m in 'text 4 million' promo     A jobless fresh graduate of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Miss Folorunsho Oluwaseyi Titilayo was among the eight Glo subscribers who went home with N1 million each at the Glo Laffta Fest held last Sunday at the Abuja Sheraton Hotel. Titilayo, who was on her way to the office of the Lagos Metropolitan Transport Authority (LAMATA) to submit her job application, was startled by a phone call which informed her that she had just won one million naira in the ongoing Glo ''text 4 millions'' super promo. She disclosed in an emotion-laden voice that the N1 million she won in the Glo promo instantly became a life transforming succour for her. ''I can now approach my future with confidence. This is a transformation for me, courtesy of Globacom and I am grateful'', said Titilayo who won the N1m with just 70 points (less than N700). Another winner, Mr Solomon Brown, a 100 level student of the University of Calabar, said he kept playing the game as if his life depended on it not knowing that fortune was just ready to smile on him. He expressed gratitude to Globacom for the ''big prize'' which he promised to keep safely in the bank's vault for some time so he could have enough time to think of what to do with the money. Other winners of N1 million who also received their ETB cheques at the event included Mr. Bala Danjuma, a retired air force personnel who now works in Port Harcourt; Mr. Samuel Akinfenwa, a laundry man; Mrs Uduak Anietum, a payroll officer with MOTHERCAT Nig Ltd in Kaduna; Mr. Olugbenga Oladimeji who is a Taxi Driver in Port Harcourt; Mr. Seinde Fademi, a businessman who is into oil and gas and Mrs Victor Gladys Onuajuchi, a staff of the office of the Deputy Governor of Abia State. Also at the event, three other Nigerians who won in the last Glo Win & Rule promo were presented their brand new cars. The winners are Mr Jacob Clarkson Nafarnda, a 100 Level Business Administration student of the University of Jos, who won a Nissan Sunny; Mr John Chukwudi, a businessman who deals in corporate suits in Abuja, who also won a Nissan Sunny and Mr Oyewole O. Eki, a Chemical Engineer with a cement firm in Calabar, who won a Kia Rio. All the winners were presented with their prizes by the special guests in attendance including members of the National Assembly such as Hon. Eseme Eyibo, Chairman House Committee on Media & Public Affairs and Hon. Lanre Agoro, Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Rural Development, Col. Ahmed Taiwo of the Directorate of Military Intelligence, Dr. C. U. Gwam, the Deputy Director of Research in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Glo Ambassadors, Sammy Okposo and Ini Edo. The three Win 'n' Rule promo winners were full of praises to Globacom for the brand new cars they won. Laffta Fest is a packaged evening of fun and entertainment at which Glo subscribers enjoy first class comedy and music. It is part of Globacom?s drive to reward its loyal subscribers nationwide. The event was also marked with high pitch entertainment from some of the best entertainment acts in Nigeria including comedians such as Gbenga Adeyinka, AY, Gandoki, Gordons, Youngest Old Man and music stars such as P Square, Nigga Raw and Duncan Mighty. Globacom has been using the opportunity of the Laffta Fest event to openly present cheques to winners in the ongoing ''text 4 millions'' super promo, where the company is splashing the sum of N555 million on loyal subscribers who participate in the text game. Over 58 millionaires have so far emerged in the promo.