Glo delights Nigerian pilgrims, announces special data roaming in Mecca

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Total telecommunications solutions provider, Globacom, has unveiled a special data roaming offer which gives its subscribers performing the Hajj the opportunity to enjoy Glo data roaming services in the Holy land for as low as N5/MB.

The offer by Globacom, in partnership with Zain Saudi Arabia, gives subscribers the chance to enjoy and share their Hajj experiences with their family and friends back home.

Globacom explained that a subscriber who activates a N15, 000 bundle will receive 3GB, valid for 30 days, while N6,500 bundle comes with 1.25GB with 15 days’ validity. Also 600MB and 300MB bundles will be received by subscribers who activate the N3,500 and N2,000 bundles and are valid for 7 and 3 days respectively.

According to Globacom, “Subscribers are also in control of their usage and there are no fears of additional billing as they only use from the bundle they purchase. Glo also ensures that customers receive consumption messages several times to enable them monitor their depletion of the data purchased”.

Globacom, which said the data bundle can be purchased while in Nigeria and its validity starts when the subscriber lands in the Holy land, urged prepaid subscribers to ensure they have sufficient balance on their account, since roaming services are activated by default on prepaid lines. It advised postpaid subscribers to activate roaming service before they purchase any of these bundles.

Globacom has a roaming partnership in Saudi Arabia and several other countries including United Kingdom, United States, United Arab Emirates, Canada, Netherlands, France, Cameroon, Ghana, Germany, Kenya, Italy, South Africa, South Africa, Cote D’Ivoire, Switzerland, Niger, Croatia, Greece, Sweden, Senegal, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Ireland, Malta, Sri Lanka, Qatar, Turkey, Benin, Luxembourg, Morocco, Hong Kong, Iceland, Poland, Vatican, San Marino, Liechtenstein, Monaco and Andorra. Subscribers can enjoy seamless roaming services anytime they travel to any of these countries.

Glo advise subscribers who wish to subscribe to any of the roaming packages are to dial *777# and choose option 6 (data roaming).