GLOBACOM

 
INDUSTRY: Telecommunications
FOUNDED:  2003
HEADQUARTERS: Lagos,Nigeria
KEY PEOPLE: Dr. Mike Adenuga Jnr. [chairman]
                         Paddy Adenuga [Group Executive Director]
                         Mohamed Jameel [Group Cheif Operating Officer]
                         Bella Disu [Group Executive Director]

PRODUCTS: Mobile Networks, Telecom Services, etc         
  
GLOBACOM LIMITED [or GLO] is a Nigerian multinational telecommunicatons company. headquartered in lagos, Nigeria. GLO is a privately owned telecommunicatons carrier that started operations on 29 August 2003. It currently operates in four countries in West Africa, namely Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Ghana and Cote d'ivoire. As of june 2009, the company has employed more than 2,500 people worldwide.

GLO has an estimate of over 25 million subscribers [june 2009] and it is a 100 percent Nigerian owned company.
GLO built an $800 million high-capacity fibre-optic cable known as GLO-1, a submarine cable from the united kingdom to Nigeria.                                                                                   


In 2005, GLO Mobile introduced the GLO Fleet Manager which is the comprehensive vehicle Tracking Solution offered. GLO Fleet Manager helps transporters/fleet operators manage their fleet. They also introduced the GLO Mobile Internet Service which produces subscribers with high speed access to all popular internet sites which have been customized for moblie phone browsing.

In 2006, GLO Mobile introduced Blackberry. GLO started the sponsorship of the confederation of African Football African Payer Of The Year Award. the company also started sponsorship of GLO Lagos International Half Marathon.

In 2009, GLO Mobile launched Blackberry prepaid services which gives subscribers options to pay daily, weekly or monthly for the services. Blackberry prepaid service gives subscribers free yahoo mail access and free blackberry manager. The company also launched 3G High Speed Internet Services through the sales of its 3G modem. GLO Mobile 3G network is available in Lagos, Abuja, Benin and Portharcourt.