• Customers to enjoy free 200mb of
data for 6 months
• Phone runs on Microsoft windows
Phone 8 operating systems

Leading telecommunications service
provider, Airtel Nigeria, has
partnered with Huawei and Microsoft
to unveil Ascend W1, its first
Smartphone that runs on the
Microsoft windows Phone 8 operating systems. The latest Huawei Ascend W1
smartphone comes bundled with
free 200 Megabytes (MB) data plan
for the first 6 months on the Airtel
network. In addition, customers who
purchase the phone would also
enjoy Airtel’s special Smartbytes plan
of 20 free SMS, 18K per second calls
to all networks in Nigeria and 20k
per second call rate to 5 international destinations (USA, United Kingdom-
Land Line, Canada, India and China). To activate the free Airtel 200mb of
data for 6 months, customers are to
text ‘SMART’ to 141. Speaking at the launch, the Chief
Sales Officer for Airtel Nigeria, Inusa
Bello, said the company was proud
to collaborate with Huawei in
providing Nigerians with innovative
mobile experience especially on superior data offerings, to enhance
the way they work and play. “Only recently, we unveiled a special
recharge card called the Single Recharge that enables customers to do both voice and data recharge
using one card. Today, WhatsApp subscribers on Airtel platform are enjoying exclusive first of its kind data bundle
service in partnership with
“WhatsApp Inc. These innovations
ride on our superior and widest
3.75g service, underscoring our
determination to become the most loved brand in the daily lives of
Nigerians”, Bello stated. According to the Managing Director
of Huawei Devices, West Africa Tony
Liang Wei, “the phone is specifically
created for Africa and is powered by
Microsoft, making it the first Huawei
Windows 8 smart phone in the world. He added that the smart phone has
470 hours of standby time, the
longest of all Smartphone’s in its
class.” Emmanuel Onyeje, Country Manager,
Microsoft Anglophone West Africa,
stated: “Microsoft is confident that the
Ascend 1 from Huawei, being
unveiled today, provides excellent
value for African consumers and will
support both companies’ ambitious
growth plans for the continent. We recently made a commitment
through the 4Afrika Initiative to
deliver tens of millions of smart
devices into the hands of Africans in
the coming years, and every new
Windows Phone that becomes available further enables us to
deliver on that commitment”. The Ascend W1 is 10.15 mm thin and
features a 4-inch IPS LCD 480 x 800
touchscreen with OGS Technology,
powered by the high-end Qualcomm
Snapdragon™ S4 MSM8230 dual-
core 1.2 GHz processor and Adreno 305 GPU. With a 1950 mAh battery,
the Ascend W1 has 470 hours of
standby time, the longest among all
smartphones in its class. It features a visually iconic design
inspired by a tropical island and
comes in an array of bold colors
including blue, red, black and white. The Ascend W1 is a smart and stylish
alternative for consumers looking
for great technology at a price that is
right. Customers can get the new Huawei
Ascend W1 Smartphones in Airtel
stores nationwide, as well as Huawei
phone distribution outlets.

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