Globacom Limited, Nigeria’s second largest telecommunication service provider with over 31million active lines in NIgeria as at June 2015 is one of Africa’s fastest growing telecommunications companies in Africa. Globacom is the market leading mobile service provider in Nigeria and cross the West African region. The company also operates in the Republic of Benin, Ghana and Ivory Coast. It has a reputation as one of the fastest growing mobile service providers in the world. Globacom Limited aims to be recognized as the biggest and best mobile network in Africa, presently, the second largest in Nigeria according to the Nigerian telecommunication regulator, NCC.
Globacom is also the owner and operator of the $800million high capacity fibre optic cable known as Glo-1. It is the first successful submarine cable from the United Kingdom to Nigeria. It has helped in in decreasing telecomprocess and provide excess bandwidth to all cities connected to the cable. This has also helped in improving teleconferencing, distance learning, telemedicine, disaster recovery etc.
Taking advantage of large football followership in Africa, Globacom is the official integrated telecom partner of Manchester United in Nigeria Ghana and Benin Republic. It is also the title sponsor of the annual Glo CAF Awards, the official telecoms partner of Nigerian Football Federation and Major Sponsor of the Nigerian National Teams.
Globacom is equally the Title Sponsor of the Nigerian Premier League, the Broadcast Sponsor of the English Premier League on DSTV and the sponsor of African Voices on CNN.
These among other things have endeared the brand to people in the operational areas and even beyond.
Globacom was recently named as one of the six most admired brands on the continent of Africa by the London-based African Business.
Glo was similarly ranked amongst the Top Five Most Valuable Brands in Africa by Brand Africa.
Launched in August 2003, Glo Mobile introduced lower tariffs; pay per second billing and alongside other value added services. Although Glo Mobile was the fourth GSM operator to launch in Nigeria, within twelf years of the company’s operation, its subscriber base has grown to over thirty one million in Nigeria alone.
The Globacom brand was also rated among the top 10 brands in African at the 2013 “Brand Africa 100”
