₦airaland Forum

illicit:
They better sign me as ambassador here...

Never heard of it

Ance4Liverpool:
How do you know about the data charges with you not having the SIM card?

Rayjay45:
I live in the UK.

Yes, they are here but run by the Indians.

To say dem no dey hia wia regulations go put them in line, you think Lebara for get any market? Even at that sef, na only immigrants of the Boris Wave set dey buy them because better rates yapa on "3' and co.

But in Nigeria, anything goes.

Na why dem wan start dey move mad in a market they are yet to even penetrate

Blunt99:
How will they even be able to compete if they aren't better off in terms of data and calls.

I few years, it will be sold like 9 mobile that has been sold up to 4 times.

Rayjay45:
Na indian company.

Nothing good fit come out of it.

Quelme:
what are you on about with the classism? Lebara has one of the best coverage in the UK. Unlimited calls and SMS within the UK, 100 free minute to about 40 plus countries outside the UK and 20GB data all for £10. What more do you want Mr?

DaddyJapan:
Lebara is actually a Mobile Virtual Network Operator. (MVNO) in those countries, as is the case ihere..

It piggybacks on the Airtel network in Nigeria, so its service is only ever going to be as good as the underlying infrastructure (masts, antennas, spectrum and base stations) can support.

Goo0dHardDick:
It's UK company not India

Cmanforall:
Because you’ve not travelled to UK

rottable:
I saw their post on twitter (x)

3k for 1GB

iLoveYouToo:
I enrolled o. It has been awesome so far. Seamless online onboarding, the first in Nigeria’s mobile telecom industry


Verdict: they need to do better than the seamless onboarding and provide cheaper calls and data plans. Those are our major pain points . The rest is window dressing

Rayjay45:
Na indian company.

Nothing good fit come out of it.

rottable:
I will love to buy there sim but the data charges is just too outrageous

Mattswaggz:
Putting the county's purchasing power into consideration.......cheaper services will attract more customers before the consideration of quality services.... common sense should tell anyone that.

Pythagon:
if the network is not better at least it should be cheaper

Mattswaggz:
Putting the county's purchasing power into consideration.......cheaper services will attract more customers before the consideration of quality services.... common sense should tell anyone that.

iLoveYouToo:
Lebara.ng


I requested for an eSIM, it was emailed to me. You know how eSIMs work right? You need an eSIM compatible device

Adonisty:
With all the comments above, it doesn't look like they are here to solve an existing problem in the telecommunication space for Naija. They can get the fvck out.

DaddyJapan:
Lebara is actually a Mobile Virtual Network Operator. (MVNO) in those countries, as is the case ihere..

It piggybacks on the Airtel network in Nigeria, so its service is only ever going to be as good as the underlying infrastructure (masts, antennas, spectrum and base stations) can support.

Mattswaggz:
If they aren't bringing cheaper services

Saroni:
Saw a few people talking about Lebara launching in Nigeria and finally picked up a line last week, mostly out of curiosity since I hadn't heard much about them outside the ad I saw.

A few things stood out so far:

The onboarding was actually done entirely on my phone, no store visit, no waiting around for an agent to sort out registration. Scanned my ID, took a selfie, done. Took maybe 10 minutes total.

They also have this AI assistant thing on their site called Sabi where you can check your balance or ask questions without having to call anyone. Not sure how useful that will be long term but it was a nice touch for someone who doesn't like calling customer care for small things.

Data rates seem reasonable so far, haven't done a deep comparison against MTN or Airtel yet, would be curious what other people are seeing since data pricing changes so often here.

One thing I noticed, you can't port your existing number over yet, that feature isn't live. So if you're switching, you're starting with a new number for now, worth knowing before you commit if you need to keep your old number.

Anyone else on Lebara yet? Curious how network coverage has been for people outside Lagos, that's the main thing I'm still trying to figure out before deciding if I fully switch over.

illicit:
So...?

Cmanforall:
You don’t know about the network!

Ventura1:
They should do unlimited data plan for 10k and see themselves overtaking both Airtel and Glo

completeskills:
I totally understand that but it is also an advantage to them because they pay less maintenance fee on infrastructures compare to the actual owners. Network wise..they can only have as wide a coverage as their network backbone carrier but Try making a 5mins call to Nigeria from the UK using Lebara and try same with 02, 3 ,Vodafone or other major network. Then compare the cost. You will understand what I mean