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.
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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.
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