Glo 4G expands to 16 more locations

Globacom says that its Glo 4G LTE service has continued to expand across the country with the connection of additional 16 locations.

It listed the new locations where the network could be found as the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos, Ogun and Rivers states.

“Locations such as Ikeja, Oregun, Opebi, Isolo, Lagos State University in Lagos; Redemption Camp and Babcock University in Ogun State; Rukpokwu, Rumuibekwe, Eleme Junction, Eliozu, Woji, Rumuigbo in Rivers State; and Mpape and Utako in the FCT, Abuja can now enjoy rapid speed internet browsing on the Glo 4G LTE network,” Globacom said in a statement.

It added, “This is coming barely a week after eight locations namely: Bonny, Escravos, Forcados, Abraka (Delta State University), Ekpoma (Ambrose Alli University), Okada (Igbinedion University), Agbor (College of Education), and Sapele (Western Delta University) were connected to the service.”

It will be recalled that the Glo 4G LTE came alive on October 4, 2016 when it was launched and demonstrated at the Globacom headquarters in Victoria Island, Lagos before existing and potential Glo subscribers and journalists.

This new addition brings the number of locations enjoying the service to 33.

“Since the launch of the service three weeks ago, approximately 500,000 Glo subscribers have connected to the network in the locations where the network is available,” the statement further said.

Globacom Records Five Million New Subscribers in One Month

National telecommunications operator, Globacom, recorded 5,063,895 new susbcribers in the last 12 months. The figure represents 68 per cent of all additional GSM lines in the country in the last one year.

 Airtel added 2,414,082 new customers, while aMTN and Etisalat had their GSM subscriber figures whittled down.
Etisalat lost 382,336 customers, while MTN’s subscriber base was depleted by 4, 403,344 in the last one year.

 Telecom industry statistics published on the website of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), showed that a total of 7,477,977 new lines were activated between June 2015 and June 2016, with Globacom recording a whopping 5,063,895 new susbcribers, while Airtel added 2,414,082 during the period.

  Details of the NCC report showed that with the feat achieved by Globacom, the data grandmaster has now grown its market share from 21 per cent to 24 per cent with 36.3million subscribers at the end of June, 2016.

But, MTN which once had over 45per cent share of the market had this reduced to 39 per cent at the end of June with 58.4million subscribers. Globacom had a total of 31,256,677 customers by June 2015, whereas MTN had 62,813,111.

While Glo has continued to narrow the gap between it and MTN, it has created a substantial gap between it and Airtel. Both Glo and Airtel were at par in terms of market share only three months ago with each having 21 per cent.

 But Airtel, whose subscriber base stood at 29,564,766 at the middle of last year, had 31,978,848 customers at the end of June 2016. This still keeps it at 21per cent share of the GSM market. On its part, Etisalat had 15 per cent share with 22,469,896 customers at the end of June, 2016, down from 22,852,232 at the same time last year.

 Globacom’s lead in the voice segment of the industry complements its status as clear leader in the data market where it has for the last one year remained tops in new internet subscriber acquisition.

 In June 2016 for instance, while the industry gained a total of 318,008 new internet subscribers, Globacom alone had 272,674 of the new customers. In essence, Globacom accounted for about 86 per cent of the total internet subscriber acquisitions in the industry in the month of June.

 Industry analysts noted that Globacom’s unparalleled growth even in the midst of shrinking economy is the dividend of the massive network upgrade it carried out recently and its commitment to offering innovative products and services.
Globacom, which for the past one and half years had been the preferred data services provider, it also emerged the first choice of subscribers in voice services.