By Alex C
Nigeria’s national telecommunications carrier, Globacom, has unveiled a special tariff plan that makes it more affordable for millions of its prepaid subscribers to call each other. The plan, Glo Ringa, allows subscribers on the Globacom network to call other subscribers on the network at just eleven kobo per second. The plan has effectively extended Family and Friends to all subscribers on the Globacom network.
Yomi Ogunbamowo, head, business support group of Globacom , who unveiled the plan at a press briefing held in Lagos recently.
He said Glo Ringa would enable Glo prepaid customers to significantly reduce their expenditure on phone calls.
According to Ogunbamowo, this product is an effective way of rewarding the loyalty of Globacom’s teeming subscribers because it practically puts money back in their pockets for every call they make to other Glo subscribers.
“With the increasing expenses incurred by individuals in their daily lives, it has become imperative to assist them to cope with life in our own way. This is why we have decided to give our esteemed subscribers excellent rates by significantly reducing the cost of calls they make to millions of other subscribers within the Glo network. For a fee of N250 weekly, subscribers get to pay a super low rate of 11k per second on all Glo-to-Glo calls from the very first second and there is no limit on how many calls they can make,” Ogunbamowo said.
He added that with Glo Ringa, “calling is made pretty easy and everyone on the network is now friends and family.” He urged interested subscribers to dial *170*40# to enjoy the massive benefits of Glo Ringa.