Its Globacom: NCA Finally Confirms(Front Page) June 21, 2008

Story: Michael Donkor
THE National Communications Authority (NCA) has confirmed that Globacom Telecommunications has won the competitive bidding to operate mobile services in the country.
The NCA, about 11 weeks ago, called for bidding for a mobile licence in a bid to avail the people of better telecom services.
Eleven companies bid for the licence but after careful scrutiny by the NCA, Globacom beat all the companies with its technical presentation, pedigree and extensive roll out plan for the country.
At a news conference in Accra yesterday to show its appreciation to the government and the people of Ghana, the Head of New Markets, Globacom, Mr Yinka Alafimihan, said the company was pleased and challenged by the confidence the NCA and the general public had reposed in it.
He said the licence fee had been paid and it was determined to extend to Ghana a world-class reputation as the harbinger of hope and great things.
He said Globacom would ensure that the trust so freely reposed in it by the people was not misplaced.
“Globacom is about people; it is about service; it is about possibilities,” he said, adding, “We are consciously founded on the philosophy of elevating people and giving life more positive meaning. Our entrance into Ghana, at this time, is at once destined and calculated.”
Mr Alafimihan said when the company first launched its services in Nigeria in August 2003, its vision was to build for Africa the biggest and the best telecommunication network.
He said presently, with over 18 million subscribers, it was also bidding for telecom licences in other African countries.
As the most innovative telecommunication brand in Nigeria, he said, the company launched the network on the popular per second billing platform, a payment scheme that enabled subscribers to pay only for the service they utilised.
He said it also crashed the cost of SIM acquisition from a prohibitive high to almost zero.
Mr Alafimihan said the move to Ghana was another step in the realisation of the company’s Pan-African vision, adding that the task ahead might look tough but gave the assurance that it would meet and surely surpass expectations.
He said the personal passion of the Chairman of Globacom, Mr Mike Adenuga Junior, was to empower Africans and prove that given the same opportunity, the African could attain any height.