Get A GLO 4G MiFi For N16,000 And Get 16GB Free

Glo recently slashed their data plans by 50% unannounced which caused sadness among her customers. However, it just unveiled a new offer that eases the sadness of her subscribers.

The offer involves a mini GLO MiFi router coupled with 16 gigabytes of data for just N16,000. Technically, the MiFi is pretty much free of charge, considering the worth of the free data bundle, Globacom stated.


If Glo's network quality is good in your area, then this offer is perfect for you.

The Glo 4G MIFI router can connect up to 15 devices at once, including Smartphones, tablets, laptops, desktops. The Glo MiFi also adapts itself to offices and events venues, being able to beam the Glo 4G wireless internet signals over a wide radius.

Upon activation “you will get the 16GB and it will be spread over 12 months”. Another added advantage of the Glo 4G MiFi is the power of Glo’s 4G network which comes with high speed internet service backed up by Glo1, the company’s transatlantic submarine cable.

If you are interested in the offer, visit a GLO office close to you and get one.

9Mobile Has a New Owner: And The Winner Is!!

Over the past couple months, we've all been glued to the war between several companies to acquire 9mobile after it was abandoned by its previous owners over a several debt issue.

Initially, 16 companies were interested in acquiring 9mobile, however along the line many were dropped leaving five final bidders in December and then two more were dropped leaving Globacom, Teleology and Smile.
(Bharti Airtel dropped out because they believed that whoever acquire 9mobile would be acquiring a huge debt)
Later on, Globacom was dropped leaving Teleology and Smile in the final round.
Then finally, Teleology Holdings Limited emerged as the overall winner through a game of numbers, as they offered over $500 Million against Smile's $300 Million bid.

According to a staff of 9mobile:

“this news is like a double whopper burger for us. I can tell you there is an air of jubilation amongst the staff of 9mobile now. We did not want any of the existing operators to acquire 9mobile as they would end up sacking people and throwing people into the unemployment market under the guise of right sizing the business.”

Although I really hoped GLO won the bid, I guess we just have to watch and see if Telelogy is a good new owner.

Glo Drops Out Of 9mobile bid As Final two Companies Emerge

The final two companies involved in 9mobile bid has emerged and contrary to public opinion, GLO didn't make the cut.
Before now, GLO was seen as the best match, plus GLO subscribers were hoping that their beloved company won the bid so that they could use 9mobile existing tech and broadband to improve their poor connectivity. I hoped for the same thing too but it seems we have all been disappointed as GLO didn't reach top two.

The last two companies remaining in the race are Smile Telecom Holdings and Teleology Holdings Limited and interestingly, both companies have former MTN CEOs leading them. Smile has Ahmad Farroukh and Teleology Holdings Limited has Adrian Wood both ex-Mtn CEOs.

Adrian Wood of Teleology Holdings was the second CEO of MTN Nigeria, he lasted 2 years in the said position before heading on to become Group Managing Director of Daily Times Nigeria.

Ahmad Farroukh joined MTN 18 months after Adrian left and is currently Group Executive Director for Smile Telecom Holdings.

According to records, Ahmad had a better running than Adrian during their tenure as Ahmad Farroukh increased MTNs customer base to 40 million subscribers and achieved a healthy margin of 62% between July 2006 and April 2011.

A table has been provided listing the abilities and strengths of both companies, view below;

Judging by the table above, Smile is seen as the better competitor however if there is one thing this bid for 9mobile has it is that nothing is certain.
Stay tuned to see matters as they unfold and to see the final winner of the 9mobile bid.

Glo, Airtel And Smile Among Last 5 bidders For 9Mobile

I recently wrote a post about the 16 companies that where bidding for 9mobile including our very own Globacom. Right now, more companies have been booted out and we are down to 5 companies.

The last five companies are;

Globacom

Airtel

Smile

Teleology Holdings Limited

Helios

These five companies are cleared to proceed to the final stage where only one would emerge winner.

GLO Declares September 28th As Free Data Day

After holding the first Free Data Day on August 11th which came with a lot of mixed reactions, Glo has declared Friday 28th of Sept 2017 as the second Data Free Day on Glo network.

The conditions for the coming Free Data Day is the same as the last one.
Subscribers who use 100MB plus N150 on voice calls OR N250 on voice calls a week before the D day will enjoy a FULL DAY of FREE browsing, chatting, streaming, downloading, uploading and lots more on the 28th of September.

You don’t need to do anything special to qualify for Glo Free Data Day… Just spend N250 or more on call 7 days to the free data day. Fair usage policy will be applicable

Nigerians Spend Over N197B On Data Subscription Monthly

According to the recent statistics released, it is recorded that Telecoms subscribers in Nigeria spend over N197 billion on data subscriptions every month.


Research by Daily Trust from the four GSM operators revealed an estimate of the categories of data users and how much they spent on data monthly.

According to the survey, about 70% of internet users or 64m use up to N1000 data monthly each, raising the operators’ revenue base by N64bn.


Also, about 15% or 13.8m data users, mostly small business owners and middle-class people, purchase an average of N3000 data monthly, contributing N41.1bn every month to the figures.

Similarly, 10% of internet subscribers or 9.15m use N5000 each every month, growing the operators’ revenue by N45.6bn.

About 5% of internet subscribers or 4.6m buy N10,000 data each, increasing the mobile internet companies’ revenue by N46bn, according to findings made by Daily Trust.

Recall that the latest Monthly Subscriber/Operator Data released by the regulator last month showed that MTN had 58,121,427 users, and Glo 37,270,100 customers, Airtel 34,336,802 while 9mobile has 19,621,806 users.
The remaining figures are shared between the other smaller operators.

Although 92m of the 149.5m subscribers are active internet users, and they depend on data provided by the telcos to access the Internet and socialise on the social media.

Source : DAILY Trust

How To Remove People Sharing Your Data On GLO

You might have shared your data with friends or family and you want to remove them.
Just follow the easy steps below to do it.

Simply dial *127*02*Number#

After dialing the code you would receive a message that you have stopped sharing your data with the person.

The person you removed from your data sharing list would also get a notification about it.

To see a list of people sharing your data, click here.

How To See People Sharing Your Data On Glo

GLO made sharing of data easy to do, a little bit too easy if you ask me.

Its so easy that a third party that has access to your phone can easily share your data, delete the message and you wouldn't know what had happened.

This was what happened to me, I subscribed less than a week ago only for me to wake up this morning to find out that my data has exhausted... I jumped up, how come???

Immediately, I called the customer service to find out what happened and how it happened. After much long talk, they told me that I wasn't the only one using my data, imagine my shock!

Then they told me how to see a list of people that were helping me to use my data.
After all the procedures, I got their(more than one person) numbers and kicked them out.

To see list of people sharing your data on GLO, dial *127*00# or Send “List” to 127

You will get a notification of those using your data, then you can copy out there numbers then Remove them.

I hope this helps.

GLO Launches Two New Products; GLO Café And Sharp Sharp E-Top-up

GLO recently launched two new products Sharp Sharp E-Top-Up and Glo Café.


Glo Sharp Sharp E-top-up gives customers 8 times value when they recharge from any electronic channels like Glo Café, ATMs and POS terminals etc.

For instance, if a subscriber recharges with N201, he or she will get over N1,601 made up of N201 in his or her main account he/she would also get N100 bonus airtime for calls to all networks and N900 bonus airtime to call other Glo subscribers.

The customer will also receive 50MB data bonus for personal use and extra 25MB data, which can be gifted to another Glo customer.

Glo Café on the other hand is an app which offers world class games including Gameloft; thousands of movies and video content, two million songs including 10,000 music videos, jokes, sports, entertainment and e-commerce.

The biggest attraction added to the Glo café is Glo Live Cast, where Globacom as the first operator to launch Mobile TV (Glo live cast) in Nigeria avails its subscribers the opportunity to watch live TV channels (such as NTA, AIT, WAP TV, etc.) with HD quality streaming on their Glo mobile phones.

The Glo Café app can be downloaded from playstore.

Senate Stops NCC From Hiking Data Plan Prices

Last month, a horrifying news was making the rounds.
If you missed it, read it below

• NCC Orders All Telcos To Increase Data Price Starting From Dec 1st 2016
• Join The Protest! Say No To Data Price Increase

However, It seems our peaceful protest on Change.org is finally working.

On Wednesday, the Senate asked the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to immediately stop the planned data tariff hike.

The Senate said that before any increase could be announced all parties should be consulted.
Information on this are still unsure more more details coming soon...

Join The Protest! Say No To Data Price Increase

I already told you guys that come December 1st(which is tomorrow), all data plan prices will be increased to reflect the new rates set by the NCC.

I'm not happy at all about these new changes and it seems I am not the only one that doesn't like the new directive by the NCC.

An equally concerned Nigerian has started a petition on Change.org to protest against the new directive.
I already signed the petition now I need you guys to do the same and share it on every social media you have to let everybody join the movement.

Go to
https://www.change.org/p/nigeria-communication-commission-ncc-data-plans-rates-by-carriers-in-nigeria-should-not-be-increased-by-ncc?recruiter=642402116&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink

Sign the petition. Let your voice count, spread the news and let NCC know we are not happy about it!

NCC Orders All Telcos to Increase Data Price Starting From Dec 1st 2016

In hard times such as the ones we are passing through, one would think that the NCC would at least try to make life easier for Nigerians instead they are doing the exact opposite. The NCC has ordered all telecommunications companies to increase their data plan prices beginning from December 1st 2016.

This is really sad, I remember that as at last year, you could only get as much as 260MB for 1,000 on MTN(I don't know if you remember) but over time it got better and better now we at a point where I can easily get 3GB for N1,000 on the same MTN.

However, NCC believes that increasing data plan prices is one of the surest ways of generating revenues for the Government. They know regardless of how much it is, that we can’t do without buying data.

Don’t be surprise if beginning from December 1st 2016, N1000 will only get you 500MB of data. The data you normally get 3GB for N1000 before will be history.

If you don't believe me, call MTN self-help centre at 181 and listen to the announcement yourself.

This is indeed really sad, but I know if we can survive buying 260mb at 1k we will definitely overcome whatever is coming!

How To Make Your Glo Internet Connection Faster

Though Glo holds the title of cheapest data plans in Nigeria, it also holds the title of the most unstable Internet connection.

There are times when you subscribe for a data plan and you are unable to use 50% of your data due to bad Internet connection.
The tip I'll be sharing with you today, will help you get a faster, more stable Internet connection on GLO.

To do this trick, simply change your APN to web.gprs.mtnnigeria.net and try browsing.

I did it but I don't know if the speed really increased or my mind is playing tricks in me but it sure feels better...

Try it and share your experience, did you notice a speed boost?

Glo 4G LTE Is Active- See The Data Plans

Glo network is without a doubt one of the most unstable in the country but if you're lucky to be in a location that has a good reception then you can enjoy stable Internet at a cheap rate courtesy of Glo.

At a time when MTN is dominating the 4G LTE scene, Glo, the 'Grand Master of Data' has arrived to throne. Now you can get faster Internet at a lesser price.

Though we have seen this coming for a very long time now as Glo 4G kept popping up in the list of available networks. But now, it has officially arrived!

Glo 4G LTE Services is now live in 9 Major Cities. The cities are;
Lagos, Port Harcourt, Abuja, Jos, Yola, Zaria, Benin, Warri and Eket. Other cities are coming soon.

How To Know If Glo 4G is In Your Area?
Dial *777# and reply with 5 to select 4G LTE coverage.

For Lagos, Glo 4G LTE Service is available in only the 'Big men area' that is Lekki, Victoria Island, Akoka, Ajah and Ikoyi.

Below are Glo Data Plans for its 4G LTE Service;

• 1.6GB for N500 (7 Days Validity)
• 3.2GB for N1000 (30 days validity)
• 7.5GB for N2000 (30 days)1
• 10GB for N2500 (30 days validity)
• 12GB for N3000 (30 days validity)
• Etc..

You can get as much as 90GB for N18k and as low as 30MB for N50

With 4G data this cheap, Glo will make major 4G networks like Swift and Spectranet run for their lives.

Meanwhile, we're still waiting for the arrival of Etisalat and Airtel 4G LTE services, can someone please tell them that the world has moved from 3G networks?

Is Glo 4G LTE available in your location? Please use the comment box to share your Glo 4G LTE experience.

Glo TGIF Offers 3GB For N500

We all love Fridays, the church goers have vigil, school children finally get the weekend rest and let's not forget the 'G-Boys' do a special type of clubbing on Fridays. For me, Fridays mean weekend is here and weekend means less working and more lazying around.

Long story short we all love Fridays and it appears Glo does too. Glo officially launched a new data plan tagged TGIF.
 Glo TGIF is a new data plan that gives you 3GB of data for just N500 usable during weekends.

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The Glo TGIF data is valid from 12:01 am every Saturday morning to Sunday evening at 11:59pm. I wonder they called it TGIF, when it's not usable on Fridays😕.

To subscribe for Glo Weekend Plan, dial *777# and follow the prompt(data services > buy data > Night and weekend plan) or simply dial *777*1*1*7#

Glo is really trying hard to appeal to Nigerians however to get people to use your network, you need to have a good coverage.
 
Personally, I don't mind ditching my several years old MTN SIM card for Glo if they can adequately improve their network quality. They have nice cheap data plans, nice tariff plans but poor coverage.

Before I sign out, I have a quick question for you. How is Glo network coverage? Let me know via the comment box.

Glo Kills Competition With New Unbelievably Cheap Data Plans

When you talk about cheap data plans, you can't do without mentioning Glo.
Once upon a time, Glo offer the cheapest data plans in Nigeria until MTN knocked them off the seat when they released cheaper plans.

 However, Glo is looking to reclaim that position as they unveil new data plans which are just crazy cheap.

Before now, Glo offered 24GB for ₦8,000 which was a really good deal. However now, the same ₦8,000 will get you 48GB!!! Meaning you're getting 100% more value.
Below is a list of all the Glo data plans after their prices have been slashed with a samurai sword.

• 1,000 for 2GB; dial *127*53# or SMS 53 to 127
• 2,000 for 6GB; dial *127*55# or SMS to 55 127
• 2,500 for 10GB; dial *127*58# or SMS to 58 127
• 3,000 for 12GB; dial *127*54# or SMS to 54 127
• 4,000 for 18GB; dial *127*59# or SMS to 59 127
• 5,000 for 24GB; dial *127*2# or SMS to 11 127
• 8,000 for 48GB; dial *127*1# or SMS to 12 127
• 10,000 for 11GB; dial *127*11# or SMS 15 to 127
• 15,000 for 60GB; dial *127*12# or SMS 16 to 127
• 18,000 for 90GB; dial *127*13# or SMS 17 to 127

The only problem here is the network quality of Glo in many areas(mine including) 

I'm almost sure another network provider we try to best Glo. 

As I have said many times, this competition is favourable for us the data subscribers. 

So join me as I say Fight On! Fight On!... Lol

Glo Introduces 3GB For N500 Weekend Plan

Recently, there's been a sort of competition amongst Nigerian telecom providers, a battle for who provides the cheapest data plan.
Generally, it is said that a healthy competition is good for business but in this case it seems we data plan users are the ones that majorly benefits from the competition.

It all started when Airtel introduced their N100 for 1GB Weekend data plan that shattered every other data plan in existence. Mtn joined the trend and introduced their own 3GB for N300 Weekend plan unfortunately though after a few days the plan was removed and when I asked MTN's customer service their attendant said there was never any MTN 3GB weekend plan

Now, Glo is coming in to steal the show with their newly introduced 3GB For N500 weekend and 1GB For N200 daily data plans.
Glo has always been known for offering cheap data plans and these are one of the best of them all.

To subscribe for the new Glo 3GB For N500 Weekend plan and 1Gb for N200 daily plan dail *777# and follow the command prompt data services - buy data - night and weekend plan or just simply dail *777*1*1*7# for the weekend plan and for the daily plan, Dail *777*1*1*1# for the 1GB daily plan.

It works on all devices be it iOS, Java, Symbian, android and even on your PC