Nigerian  Telecommunications Giant, Glo, Is 19,  Promises To Remain Catalyst For Socio-Economic Empowerment

<h4>Nigerian  Telecommunications Giant&comma; Glo&comma; Is 19&comma;  Promises To Remain Catalyst For Socio-Economic Empowerment<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that a  Nigerian multinational telecommunications company&comma; Globacom&comma;  founded on 29 August 2003 by Mike Adenuga&comma;  is 19 years old&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The telecommunication giant&comma; commonly known as <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;google&period;com&sol;">Glo<&sol;a>&comma;  has&comma; in its employ more than 3&comma;500 people worldwide as of June 2018&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The digital solutions company&comma; as part of the anniversary activities&comma;  has expressed gratitude to its subscribers and Nigerians for their support over the past 19 years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The company said it has been an eventful and fulfilling 19 years of operations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a press statement released in Lagos on Thursday&comma; Deputy Chief Operating Officer of Globacom&comma; Mr&period; Bisi Koleosho&comma; expressed appreciation to Glo subscribers and all Nigerians for their faith in the company&comma; and restated its commitment to the provision of world-class communications and digital services&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This&comma; he noted&comma; is in line with the corporate promise Globacom made at launch to build a robust communications and technology infrastructure that would consistently deliver value to its esteemed customers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As we celebrate our remarkable achievements these past 19 years&comma; we wish to thank our subscribers for keeping faith with us these past 19 years&period; We assure them that Globacom will remain a catalyst for socio-economic empowerment not only in Nigeria but also in Africa”&comma; Mr&period; Koleosho said&comma; adding that the company is constantly investing massively in new technologies to exceed customer expectations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He disclosed that Globacom has been carrying out an aggressive roll-out of network equipment and upgrade of its sites to 4G-LTE across the country in order to continue to offer high speed and quality data experience to its over 56 million subscribers&period; The process covers the entire scope of telecoms infrastructure upgrade from the core network to access network&comma; transmission and IP network&comma; fiber network&comma; metro access and backbone infrastructure&period; It also involves rollout out of new sites to increase network coverage in areas that need improvement and to also densify and ease off already congested areas&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This ultimately improves customers’ network experience and satisfaction in terms of service delivery&comma; network quality and coverage”&comma; Mr&period; Koleosho explained&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Globacom’s massive investments in digital technology&comma; array of value added services&comma; strong and unique marketing initiatives have made it the network of choice for millions of telephone users over the past 19 years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The company has also impacted significantly on international telecom operations with Glo Gateway&comma; the International Wholesale Voice and Data Exchange and Trading Business Unit of Globacom&period; It is the first operator in Africa to launch gateway switches outside the continent to carry international voice and data traffic&period; Glo 1&comma; the first privately owned submarine cable&comma; has also addressed the bandwidth requirements of the West African sub-region and led to crashing of data tariffs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;