Telecommunications operator, Globacom, has unveiled a product tagged ‘Phonelord’ that rewards its subscribers for housing Glo SIMs in their phones.
The telecoms firm said from now on, it would pay its subscribers rents for using their phones to provide shelter for their Glo SIMs just like tenants pay rents to landlords.
At the unveiling of the product in Lagos on Wednesday, Globacom’s Coordinator Marketing, Mr. Adeniyi Olukoya, said the company is the first telecoms network in Nigeria to reward subscribers for accommodating its SIM in their handsets.
“Just for choosing to put the Glo SIM in your phone and making calls on the Glo network, we recognise you as our Phonelord. As your tenant, we shall pay you a daily rental fee of N50,” Olukoya said.
He explained that the rental fee will be credited to the subscriber’s phone daily once it is confirmed that a subscriber used at least N50 worth of talk time the previous day. “Cumulatively, a loyal subscriber could get up to N1,500 in a month as rental bonus from Glo,” he added.
According to him, the N50 rental bonus must be utilised for calls or sms within the Glo network from 12 midnight till 9am, adding that the benefit is opened to all existing and new prepaid Glo customers as well as subscribers on other networks interested in becoming ‘phonelords’.
He encouraged subscribers who are yet to join the Glo happy family to do so without further delay “so as to enjoy Globacom’s array of incomparable pocket-friendly products and services”.
“This is another way Globacom gives back to its customers who have remained loyal to it in the last 10 years,” Olukoya stated.
He said that subscribers wishing to enjoy the benefit should dial *170*7# and press the send key.
He said, “Since inception, we have guaranteed regular value to our subscribers, while providing them with unlimited opportunities to communicate and excel in their various endeavours. We have been able to add value to many lives through our investments in infrastructure such as Glo 1, our international submarine cable that has made more bandwidth available to the people of West Africa.
“We have played our part in making telephone available and affordable to all strata of the society including the rural poor and the urban rich. We have enriched lives with our life transforming promotions and earned in the process the appellation of the most rewarding telecommunications network. We have provided gravitas to the young and the old and supported their passions with various sponsorships covering different aspects of life like sports, music, reality shows, culture, fashion and scholarship.”