Glo Takes Delivery Of Equipment

GLO Mobile Ghana has taken delivery of 100 tonnes of ultra-modern telecommunications equipment for its roll-out in Ghana.

Glo is the sixth mobile telephony company to enter the market in the country.

Briefing newsmen at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Mr Yinka Olafimihan, Head of New Markets, Globacom, said the arrival of the equipment shows the readiness of the company to make an impact in the telecommunications industry in the country.

“Our plan is to fly in at least three to four Boeing 747 flights containing new generation networks, state-of-the-art switches, towers and other radio equipment weekly from South Africa and another three flights from Europe.

"The massive airlifting of the equipment underscores our commitment to provide the very best for the good people of this great country", he said.

Mr Olafimihan said the company would begin setting up quickly to ensure that it began operations on time.

He, however, did not say when operations would begin but sources say it may be in the first quarter of next year.

He said the company's resolve to fly in the equipment, unmindful of the cost, was to quicken the pace of its roll-out and deliver on its promise to give Ghanaians the most modern and most reliable telecommunications network with amazing Value Added Services at affordable rates.

Mr Olafimihan said the company announced its presence and hopes to deliver on its promise when business began.

He said Globacom was also building a submarine cable, Glo 1, from Lagos in Nigeria through Accra in Ghana and 14 other African countries to the United Kingdom and New York in the US.

“On completion, the project will empower Africans by transforming Africa's bandwidth experience and revolutionise the way business is done across the continent,” he added.

Mr Olafimihan said Glo was repeating the feat it recorded a few months ago in Benin Republic where it rolled out services across the nation from the first day against the established practice of starting off from the capital, adding that “today, its network is the one to beat in the French-speaking country, with unrivalled clarity and unmatched services.”

He said Globacom had also established a pedigree as the most innovative telecom network in markets where it was operating. He said in Nigeria, for instance, its entry into the market led to the crash in call tariffs and made telephony affordable for average Nigerians, a feat which the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) acknowledged in its report, stressing that “Glo also pioneered the introduction of exciting services like Blackberry, Mobile Internet, 3G, Voice SMS, Vehicle Tracking, Magic Plus and SMS to email”.