Globacom's Director of Marketing, Jagat Jit Singh said the two-month extension was in response to the clamour by Glo Mobile subscribers for an extension of the promotion. He added that this would enable many more people to benefit from the offers.

In the Classic Plus N2009 offer, every new prepaid Glo Classic subscriber who activates his N200 line within the period of the promotion will be given N2009 worth of benefits by the network.

These include free airtime worth N39 for calls within the network and twenty two free Glo to Glo SMS worth N110. The customer will also be credited with N200 free airtime per month for 6 months if his or her usage is up to N300 every month, making N1, 200 free airtime for Glo to Glo calls within the period. He will also have N110 worth of Glo to Glo SMS every month for 6 months, totalling N660.

The total benefit amounts to N2009. The Glo Time Band offers subscribers up to 95% reduction in charges for calls made on the Glo Mobile network. In the promotion, customers are entitled to discounts of between 10% and 95% depending on the time of day the call is made.

Calls made between 12 midnight and 5 a.m. will attract 95% discount, calls made between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m. will have 40% discount, while calls between 8 a.m. and 12 noon will be at a 10% discount. Between 12 p.m. and 2 p.m., Glo is offering callers 20% discount, while calls from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. will attract 10% discount. Subscribers who call between 10 p.m. and 12 midnight will enjoy a 30% discount.

Singh explained the discounts were applicable across Nigeria and did not, like similar products in the market, limit subscribers to specific zones.

“Glo Time Band is the first such offer in the market. Our subscribers will benefit from it irrespective of where they are in Nigeria. You do not have to enjoy the benefit only when you are at a particular place or zone,” he added.

The discount offer is open to all existing and new subscribers on the prepaid platform except the Commercial Telephone Operators (CTO) packages.
Singh had at the launch of the promotion in December stated that it was meant to show appreciation to customers for their patronage and support throughout the year.

Econet Wireless Kenya has announced the resignation of its CEO, Michael Foley, just six months after he took up the appointment.

A terse official statement from the company said that Srinivasa Iyengar, the company's resident director, would take over the position as company head, indicating the firm could be hunting for a new chief to direct its African operations.

Date: 18-20 March 2009

Venue: Pavilion Centre, Cape Town, South Africa

Under the theme “Empowering Communities with 3G CDMA", operators will be talking about their challenges and success. One will present a case study on enabling mobile payments, another on tapping into Africa's broadband backhaul network, one on ways to increase ARPU with EV-DO Rev. A broadband services and another on monetizing (the economics of) low-ARPU 1X subscribers, amongst others.