Ntel set to launch recharge cards, warms up for national roaming

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The Nigeria Telecommunications Company (NatCom) trading with the name ntel has concluded plans to launch its brand of recharge cards into the nation's telecommunication market, reports ITRealms.

Ntel, ITRealms gathered is gearing up for the formal launch of its national roaming services to boost customers’ ability to optimize experiences.

This is coming barely three years since it commenced operation after the acquisition of NITEL from the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE).

Disclosing this in Lagos at the weekend during the month of March breakfast with CEO hosted by the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA) at Ladi Lawal House, Alausa Ikeja, the chief executive officer of ntel, Mr. Ernest ‘Dabo Akinlola, said the mobile company is introducing the physical recharge card to boost its brand visibility which does not any way stop the virtual recharge the operator debut with.

He also said that ntel is keen in launch its national roaming service by next month of April 2018.

Akinlola, accompanied by director of external relations Mr. Osondu Nwokolo among others, head marketing, Mr. Jide Mafolabomi and Chief Finance Officer, Mr. Ernest Obhulime, assured ntel subscribers which he said have been doubled in the last six months due to new vigor, that they are leveraging their NITEL assets especially the SAT 3.

He equally affirmed the plan by ntel to launch a national roaming service on the network to afford subscribers on its network to optimize the offerings.

According to him, ntel has advanced national roaming agreement with 9mobile while MTN deal is already on the table and is receiving adequate attention as stated the time of going to the press.

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Etisalat improves customer experience with super recharge offering

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Etisalat Nigeria has introduced Super Recharge Offer, which guarantees real bonuses that could be used across all networks, reports ITRealms.

The Director, Consumer Segment, Etisalat Nigeria, Adeolu Dairo said Etisalat Super Recharge is available to new and existing subscribers on some four plans.

This, Dairo said, include Easy Starter, Easy Cliq, Talkzone and Cliqlite plans, with a 250 per cent instant bonus on all recharges above N100 and 150 per cent on all recharges below N100 with a simple flat tariff of 40 kobo per second billing for all national calls.

“With the Super Recharge Offer, new subscribers on the Etisalat network will get an additional 1 Giga Bytes data plan at just N500,” Dairo said.

Explaining that the offer reflects both the transparency and integrity with which Etisalat Nigeria prides its business on, as well as its commitment to creating innovative solutions that can improve the experience of its customers.

“The Super Recharge Offer is tagged ‘Real Bonus’ because it is a unique statement of transparency, integrity, simplicity, freedom and authenticity. It is a clear departure from the prevalent order in the market now. It is a huge statement of our loyal commitment to offering our customers best experiences on the network,” he said.  

In addition, he said, Etisalat Super Recharge, unlike any other recharge bonus offer in the telecoms market, is void of hidden charges and restrictive terms and also comes with a competitive off-net tariff.

ITRealms notes that new customers will enjoy the offer automatically while, existing customers on Easy Starter, Easy Cliq, Talkzone and Cliqlite are required to dial *611*1# to enjoy the Super Recharge Offer.

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