babaolofin:
Firstly, the analysis of Glo becoming the largest network on acquisition of 9mobile is wrong. As a core telecom Engr, I know simple arithmetic or geometric progression cannot work here.

On acquisition, those customers who are already on Glo network & those that are displeased with Glo services are necessary minus to the cumulative customers base. Later, depending on the ability of Glo to improve her QoS, more customers may join or leave the network.

On internet network performance, they (MTN & Airtel)are all very disappointing. I stopped Glo long time ago. I use MTN as my first network but I am making this posting on Airtel my secondary link. I have faced frustration severally from both networks especially when I needed them most. This made me to load data on both networks & be running up &,down but MTN seems better.

If Glo acquires 9mobile I am not sure if 50% of 9 mobile subscribers would retain the line. Already, MTN is gradually creating a monopoly of the business with the acquisition of VGC Communication, lately Visafone & 21st century.
Customers across Nigeria need fixed line number , for example in Lagos 01 - xxxxxxx , 09 - xxxxxxx, 084 - xxxxxxx which MTN acquires from Visafone is in high demand in Lagos, Abuja & PHC .

This cannot be said to be the case with 9 mobile. Any company acquiring 9 mobile should be ready to compete with MTN which will be a very tough battle.

I wish the winner best of luck

But sir, those companies already acquired by mtn are park radio just like smile network or whatever they call it service providers not GSM. Even though they have handsets that works with them they are not as versatile as the GSM carries


If a company like smile acquire the firm, they will do well on both front ....That is my take

HillsBlaze:
This is more like a campaign to stop glo.

thank you, you appear to be only reasonable commentator on this matter. This I s purely a sponsored piece to discredit a forefront bidder. Anyway, business world is like a big pond where fish feast in fish to flesh up.

Chukazu:



Would be a better option...but I think funding may be their biggest challenge.
GLO has money (money miss road) to throw around

It won't be ...Their owner is financially solid ... Ernest Azudialu

Themandator:



Dangote that Obasanjo gave free licence to and he ended up selling same to the same etisalat.com.ng for over 200milion dollars ... He thrives where there is no competition or he can muscle the out using price and government influence


Smile will or should get it .. they have the funds courtesy of Nest Oil

Honestly, we cannot continue to hang our destinies in d hand all dis Nigerian capitalists. They n d politicians re same. A politician seeks financial support from d so called successful biz men, and afterwards create d biz climate dat enable Dem extort d citizenry. SMEs are d real machines for a developing economy such as ours, but d politicians can only help to kill them for big bros Dem to survive. Which way Nigeria?!!!

olalat:
thank you, you appear to be only reasonable commentator on this matter. This I s purely a sponsored piece to discredit a forefront bidder. Anyway, business world is like a big pond where fish feast in fish to flesh up.

Did they also sponsor d snail network and poor services to customers? Dis piece only gave pple opportunity to vent their anger.

frugal:

I'm not.



My 'I've had my glo line since 2004' means:
I've used their services for this long, so I should know better.
or
2. I'm being objective.

That I still maintain my line with them doesn't change the fact that the business is being run like a corner shop.

Noted.

And the 9mobile tele organization goes to Globacom...This is how it will all end.

There is no perfect tele organization, and i doubt it if there will ever be any. In a country that does not have electric supply 98% of the time, let us all give credit to any tele organization in Nigeria, as it isn't an easy task to operate in our unfriendly environment (environment where nothing works correctly).
Glo remains a Nigerian made product/ service, because of this reason my 100% support goes to Glo.
In their own systematical way, they continue to produce employment opportunities all around the country, while they also find various ways to give back to their customers...I have confidence that they will only continue to get better with time.

I say let us all GLO like super stars!

mindtricks:


Truth? All the networks suck especially in terms of data just like most things Nigerian suck, having had to load data on them all had them all disappoint at same time. Ironically, the same 9mobile proved to be ahead of others in terms of data service quality.

I think the problem with glo is management. Glo is a tier 1 carrier company with Glo 1 submarine cable link. It thus implies that Glo problem is network design problem. Glo has Invested heavily with the 4G roll out involving Huawei. I stopped using Glo several years ago. People complained a lot about Glo. They should stop celebrity sponsorship & focus on their network. They don't deserve 9 mobile. Those advising Mike Adenuga are just using those investment to enrich their own pocket.

You find a lot of big boys & girls in Glo yet QoS is poor.

yanshDoctor:
is this why glo is deducting money from all subscribers phone line?

This is not a joke, it is a national headache. You don't leave your credit on glo line overnight. Me, my wife and my brother, it is complaints everywhere. Calling their customer service doesn't help either.

olalat:
thank you, you appear to be only reasonable commentator on this matter. This I s purely a sponsored piece to discredit a forefront bidder. Anyway, business world is like a big pond where fish feast in fish to flesh up.

See comment from someone with fried brain!

Something Glo has won already. Somebody just harvested data from NCC website and did some addition on the subscriber/operator data there, only to come here to claim he interviewed and analysed with some guys, and therefore Glo may not get it. Na so business world dey work? Mtcheww!

mindtricks:


With this your k-leg abi?

Bros na your picture I post o

Vince77:

glo scams people.in 2012 they came up wit a quiz thats costs each participant much but before you know it they got a lot of money and ncc stoped it

since i have been browsing. the worst network i have known is glo, though their data is cheap, but their network is very poor in my area. they should do something about it if they want to buy 9mobile, because if they add more subscribers now it will be like pouring salt to their wound. i use airtel to browse, and the only reason why i still use my glo line is because i used to receive calls on it. if not i will have thrown the sim away! GLO SHOULD PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR NETWORK!!! #GODBLESS

slawomir:

na man you be
their network dey useless for Benin City
they will be deducting money anyhow

glo internet speed is slower than injured snail
you might give your life to Christ before you finish downloading a porn movie with glo

the only place manageable in Benin City for glo is inside uniben and its surroundings like osasogie, edpa and ekosodin

DO NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD IN VAIN. Exodus 20 :7

HillsBlaze:
This is more like a campaign to stop glo.

You seem to be the only one seeing through this sponsored post by one of Glo's competitors.

dustmalik:

You seem to be the only one seeing through this sponsored post by one of Glo's competitors.

I won't be surprised if it's not by MTN, as per their first chairman who is using a different company as per the post or paid campaign.

slawomir:

na man you be
their network dey useless for Benin City
they will be deducting money anyhow

glo internet speed is slower than injured snail
you might give your life to Christ before you finish downloading a porn movie with glo

the only place manageable in Benin City for glo is inside uniben and its surroundings like osasogie, edpa and ekosodin

How is BEDC improving the light situation in Ekosodin, osasogie, and Isihor?

I wish he wins the bid because i see him to be alleviating poverty through frequent Glo commercials even though he does not know the models are now being paid stipends believing that models are being paid millions. Glo churns out more adverts than others thereby alleviating poverty and also high employment figures. Please don't to Bharti because they are not a serious business group. They buy today sell tomorrow, thereby putting job loses to the staff and Indians again, slave drivers. The yes master people, their staff must call them master and must answer them yes master when they are called. Insults to Nigerians.

tolujohnso:


Honestly, we cannot continue to hang our destinies in d hand all dis Nigerian capitalists. They n d politicians re same. A politician seeks financial support from d so called successful biz men, and afterwards create d biz climate dat enable Dem extort d citizenry. SMEs are d real machines for a developing economy such as ours, but d politicians can only help to kill them for big bros Dem to survive. Which way Nigeria?!!!

how many sme's have the funds to run a large telecom company like 9mobile.

babaolofin:


I think the problem with glo is management. Glo is a tier 1 carrier company with Glo 1 submarine cable link. It thus implies that Glo problem is network design problem. Glo has Invested heavily with the 4G roll out involving Huawei. I stopped using Glo several years ago. People complained a lot about Glo. They should stop celebrity sponsorship & focus on their network. They don't deserve 9 mobile. Those advising Mike Adenuga are just using those investment to enrich their own pocket.

You find a lot of big boys & girls in Glo yet QoS is poor.

Spot on @ the bolded. The bane of our lots, they hardly will give required attention to what really matters which is quality, not quantity, typical of the Nigerian story. Sad!

OBAGADAFFI:


9 Mobile is far better than Glo in terms of QOS.

Glo might be offering big data, but it is usually extremely slow and unreliable.

True. Bloated data, horrible browsing experience. They give data which you find practically impossible to use as data network is hardly available. Wonder if they guage their subscribers feedback to improve.

gurunlocker:
GLO... The only network where signal can go for about 3 days, the only service whereby if you on your data connection you will have to wait for 5 minutes before browsing.

The only network where there will be signal in your toilet, corner of your room and beside kitchen cabinet only..
Always have pity for them...

This is very true. I have Internet signal on my verandah, placing my phone on a particular blade of window in my room.

I think Nigerians really need to stop this foreign company over Nigerian own mentality. It's a great deal of crap. We are living in a capitalist world where making money is all that matters, not who makes it. If a foreign company gives us quality services (like MTN) at a moderate price, but our own home grown company serves us bollocks for breakfast as is the case of glo, tstv among others, then are we not short changing ourselves? This ọmọ wàá nii, ẹjẹ oo ṣeé (he's our child, let him do it) attitude must stop.
Won't we be happy if Dangote becomes a global name (if we let our jealousy rest? After all we argue that he's a monopolist that stifles competition) because he would contribute more to his own country than elsewhere. We've heard of Dangote job centre in the East and his foundation. The world is full of ironies.

If Glo gets it I'm one of those porting

MinorityTribe:
They should just sell it to Dagote, Nigeria should be sold to Dagote.

He won't buy its not a national asset, he will keep in trust