I recently stumbled upon Globacom Nigeria’s application store (or app store) for Android and decided to check it out. There is also a version for BlackBerry users downloadable from the same page. After downloading and installing the Glo appstore, you are required to select your device on first launch. After that, the app loads a [...]
The standard mobile internet configuration for GloMobile subscribers on a data plan is named GloFlat and has the following parametres: APN (access point name): gloflat Username: flat Password: flat Once you exhaust your bundle plan though, you will find that you are unable to browse on a pay-as-you-go basis with the above configuration. To be [...]
From the break of today the first day of November 2011, the clock began to tick as the countdown begins to the 30 days ultimatum issued by NCC (Nigerian Communications Commission) to Globacom, MTN and Airtel. The Nigerian Communications Commission has said that it would penalize the three major network operators to the tune of [...]
In a special partnership, Globacom Nigeria and Nokia run a unique bundle offer for Nokia handsets called Glo Mega Deals that offer users of 7 select Nokia handsets a number of benefits. There are three specific plans, broken down as follows: Premium Plan The Premium Plan offers Nokia N8, E7 and E6 users the following: [...]
GSM network operator, GloMobile, have launched a new series of internet plans targeted at handsets, smarthones and tablets. The plans are: Instant Surf – 24 hour validity, 10MB data, N100. Dial *127*51# to subscribe One Week – 7 day validity, 50MB data, N400. Dial *127*52# to subscribe Always Micro – 30 day validity, 200MB data, [...]
It was a stormy and frustrating weekend for GloMobile subscribers who suddenly found their lines without service. Service seems to have been fully restored as at yesterday evening. Globacom has issued a public announcement on the incident: The management of Globacom Limited wishes to inform the general public that due to a fire incident which [...]
Press release from Globacom: Globacom on Tuesday, January 11, blazed another trail in the country as it launched the First 4G-LTE network of Nigeria. Long Term Evolution (LTE) is a revolutionary Fourth Generation Mobile Technology which enhances the data transfer rates delivering unmatched mobile broadband experience and highest data speeds and reliability. LTE is the [...]
Tariffs and telecomm products are one of those things that have always spirals downwards in Nigeria, no matter how much inflation spirals, telecoms prices keep dropping. On the heels of MTN new tariffs, Globacom have just launched a new set of voice/SMS tariff plans, labelled; More Classic, More Prime, More Business, and More Power. Those [...]
GloMobile has introduced a special BlackBerry package, dubbed BlackBerry U, which offers the lowest uniform tariff structure for Prepaid BlackBerry users on any network in the country. With BlackBerry U, all existing and new Glo prepaid Blackberry subscribers can now enjoy a call rate of N25 per minute or 42 kobo per second for all [...]
Telecommunications giant Globacom has put up a new design for their website. It is still the same address www.gloworld.com. It looks good with the fancy transitions and menus. Plus you get to see all the famous faces from Nollywood and show biz (dubbed Glo Ambassadors) in general. But it is ten steps backwards in terms [...]