headquarters lagos lagos state nigeria key people mike adenuga chairman paddy adenuga group executive director bella disu group executive director products mobile networks telecom services etc revenue 1.178 billion 2013 number of employees 2 545 june 2009 slogan unlimited website www.gloworld.com globacom limited or glo is a nigerian multinational telecommunications company headquartered in lagos . glo is a privately owned telecommunications carrier that started operations on 29 august 2003 . it currently operates in four countries in west africa namely nigeria republic of benin ghana and c te d ivoire . 1 as of june 2009 the company has employed more than 2 500 people worldwide . contents 1 overview 2 ownership 3 strategic business units 3.1 glo mobile 3.2 glo gateway 3.3 broad access 3.4 glo 1 submarine cable 3.5 by country 4 history 5 sponsorships 6 references 7 external links overview edit glo has an estimate of over 34 million subscribers april 2016 of which 26 million are internet subscribers 2 and it is a 100 percent nigerian owned company . 3 glo built an 800 million high capacity fibre optic cable known as glo 1 a submarine cable from the united kingdom to nigeria . 4 ownership edit glo is privately owned by the mike adenuga group which also consists of etb now merged with the sterling bank conoil plc a petroleum marketing company and conoil producing a crude exploration company . 5 strategic business units edit glo mobile edit glo mobile a subsidiary of glo is glo s mobile network unit . in the first year of operation it had one million subscribers in over 87 towns in nigeria and over 120 billion naira in revenues . 6 glo mobile has now spread to african countries namely benin 7 and ghana . 8 glo gateway edit glo gateway a subsidiary of glo is glo s international wholesale voice and data exchange trading business unit . due to an expansion program which took place in 2008 glo gateway now year needed covers 140 countries under its roaming services and it is currently connected to 235 networks . 8 2008 also saw growth in glo s data roaming for mobile phones laptops and blackberry handsets which has now spread to 72 networks in 29 countries . 8 this now gives glo the largest roaming coverage for voice and data in africa . 3 glo gateway recently acquired a license in c te d ivoire . broad access edit as a part of glo s service offering glo broad access will be improved by the laying of the fibre optic cable for the metro ring which is progressing steadily . citation needed the glo broad access was launched on the 24th of november 2009 . glo broad access offers landline telephones broadband internet and video all on a single digital wire line . glo 1 submarine cable edit glo 1 is the first successful submarine cable from the united kingdom to nigeria and glo is the first individual african company to embark on such a project . 9 10 glo 1 has the potential to provide high speed internet services faster more reliable and cheaper telecom services . 11 glo 1 will potentially facilitate foreign investment and employment opportunities especially to africans . the 9 800 km long cable originates from bude in the uk and is laid from this origin to alpha beach in lagos where it will have its landing station . 12 glo 1 will also improve teleconferencing distance learning disaster recovery and telemedicine among several other benefits for nigerians and the people of west africa . 13 by country edit in august 2003 glo mobile was launched in nigeria . glo mobile introduced lower tariffs pay per second billing and alongside other value added services . although glo mobile was the fourth gsm operator to launch in nigeria within seven years of the company s operation its subscriber base has grown to over 25 million . 14 in june 2008 glo mobile was launched in benin . glo mobile showed unprecedented growth through the sale of 600 000 sim cards in the first ten days of operation . 15 glo mobile offered per second billing which charges subscribers for the exact airtime used . they also offered other value added services such as mms multimedia messaging service glo magic plus news and information vehicle tracking musical ring back tones and mobile banking . in may 2008 glo acquired an operating license through its glo mobile division in ghana and plans to capture 30 % of the current 11 million subscriber market within 18 months of launch . 16 they plan on achieving this goal by launching with bundled voice and internet services for ghana and through specifically targeting un serviced areas outside ghana s two major cities accra and kumasi . glo mobile was set to launch in ghana the first quarter of 2010 . 17 this has however been postponed to the third quarter of 2011 and again to 2012 . in january 2012 glo ghana opened the reserve your number campaign but still without opening the network . on april 8 2011 glo launched the sub marine optical fiber glo1 one part of its maiden operation in ghana to usher in another major player in the ghana telecommunication industry . in october 2009 glo acquired submarine cable landing rights and international gateway services in c te d ivoire . history edit in 2005 glo mobile introduced the glo fleet manager which is a vehicle tracking solution . glo fleet manager helps transporters fleet operators manage their fleet . they also introduced the glo mobile internet service which provides subscribers with access to internet sites which have been customized for mobile phone browsing . in 2006 glo mobile introduced blackberry . glo started the sponsorship of the confederation of african football african player of the year award . the company also started the 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 service . blackberry prepaid service gives subscribers free yahoo mail access and free blackberry messenger . the company also launched 3g high speed internet services through the sale of its 3g modem . glo mobile 3g network is available in lagos abuja benin and port harcourt . sponsorships edit glo sponsors sports events . nigerian supporters in glo shirts at 2010 fifa u 20 women s world cup in nigeria glo sponsored until 2009 the nigerian premier league nigerian national football teams nigeria football federation nff 18 glo lagos international half marathon 19 glo people police marathon 20 eyo festival ojude oba festival 21 eleghe festival 22 and the confederation of african football african player of the year award . 23 in benin glo sponsors the fitheb and caf african player of the year award . 24 in ghana glo sponsors the glo ghana premier league the ghana national football teams 25 and the caf african player of the year award . in november 2009 glo became an official sponsor of football club manchester united . the sponsorship also includes young players from benin ghana and nigeria going to manchester to train with the club . 26 references edit nkanga efem . benin glo launches network in country today all africa 5 june 2008 . http ncc.gov.ng index.php option com content & view article & id 68 & itemid 70 a b globacom leads africa middle east mobile market with 5.8 m subscribers it news africa 13 may 2007 . accessed 21 august 2015 . it news africa glo one submarine cable debuts in lagos it news africa 8 september 2009 . accessed 21 august 2015 . glo makes test call telegeography 18 december 2007 . accessed 21 august 2015 . globacom may acquire nitel daily champion 16 september 2009 . accessed 27 august 2015 nkanga efem . benin glo launches network in country today all africa 5 june 2008 . accessed 27 august 2015 . a b c nweke remmy . e readiness nigeria ranks 94 daily champion 25 june 2008 . accessed 14 september 2015 . glo one submarine cable debuts in lagos it news 8 september 2009 . accessed 11 november 2015 . glo 1 submarine cable lands in lagos vanguard 06 september 2009 . accessed 11 november 2015 . vanguardngr all africa the national online ng all africa cellular news it edge news it edge news all africa glo lagos marathon all africa ojudeoba festival this day online football partnerships all africa ghana fa goal.com 2009 11 02 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title globacom & oldid 731284440 categories companies established in 2003companies based in lagostelecommunications companies of nigeria2003 establishments in nigerianigerian brandshidden categories articles needing the year an event occurred from september 2015all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout 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