To further give its customers a delightful experience, total telecommunications solutions provider, Globacom, is availing Nigerian pilgrims performing Islamic religious obligation in Mecca the opportunity to connect with their loved ones back home and share their Hajj experiences.
The special Data roaming offer enables subscribers to enjoy Glo data roaming services in the Holy land for as low as N5/MB. The package was unveiled in partnership with Zain Saudi Arabia.
“Pilgrims will get 3GB for N15,000 with 30 days validity, 1.25GB for N6,500 with 15 days validity, 600MB for N3,500 with 7 days validity, and 300MB for just N2,000 with 3 days validity” said Glo, in a statement in Lagos.
It stated that; “Subscribers are also in control of their usage and there are no fears of additional billing as they only use from the bundle they purchase. Glo also ensures that customers receive consumption messages several times to enable them monitor their depletion of the data purchased”.
The company added data bundle can be purchased while in Nigeria adding that its validity starts only when the subscriber lands in the Holy land. It urged prepaid subscribers to ensure they have sufficient balance on their account, since roaming services are activated by default on prepaid lines.
It also enjoined post paid subscribers to activate roaming service before they purchase any of these bundles.
Globacom enjoined subscribers to dial *777# and choose option 6 (data roaming) whenever they are subscribing to any of these roaming packages.
It has a roaming partnership in Saudi Arabia, apart special offer for the Hajj period, in addition to several other countries including United Kingdom, United States, United Arab Emirates, Canada, Netherlands, France, Cameroon, Ghana, Germany, Kenya, Italy, South Africa, South Africa, Cote D’Ivoire, Switzerland, Niger, Croatia, Greece, Sweden, Senegal, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Ireland, Malta, Sri Lanka, Qatar, Turkey, Benin, Luxembourg, Morocco, Hong Kong, Iceland, Poland, Vatican, San Marino, Liechtenstein, Monaco and Andorra where its subscribers can enjoy seamless roaming services.
