Glo gets Telecom Company of the Year Award

By JOHN MOMODU

Leading telecommunications services provider, Globacom, on Saturday,

February 18, 2023, won the Telecom Company of the Year award.

 

The award, organised by Daily Independent newspapers, was in recognition

of Globacom’s commitment to serving the people of Nigeria with the best

of telecommunications services.

 

The event, held at the prestigious Convention Centre of Eko Hotel and

Suites, was well attended by the creme of the society and awardees who

included outstanding individuals and organisations that have positively

continued to impact the people and the country.

 

In a citation read on Globacom, preceding the presentation of the award,

the company and its Chairman, Dr Mike Adenuga Jr., were praised for the

passion and commitment that ensure the birth of Globacom and how the

company broke the conventions to ensure that Nigerians were served

better telecommunications services at the most affordable costs.

 

“In August 2003, Glo Mobile was launched in Nigeria. Glo Mobile

introduced lower tariffs, pay per second billing and alongside other

value added services,” the citation noted.

 

“As Nigeria’s Second National Carrier, Glo was the first company to

launch operations on Per Second Billing. Driven under the visionary

leadership of Dr. Mike Adenuga, Jr., the network pioneered the billing

system in Nigeria in 2003, even when older networks said it was

impossible. ”

 

This development, the citation noted, “stirred many sectors in the

economy, thereby empowering millions of Nigerians.”

 

Receiving the award on behalf of the company, Mr Zakari Usman,

Globacom’s Head of Enterprise Business, commended the organisers for

considering the people’

-oriented strides of Globacom. He promised that the company would

forever remain focused on the trajectory of bringing the best services

to Nigerians and helping to empower them.