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Tuesday, August 24, 2004.
Vmobile slashes Veego, offers free airtime
By Emma Okonji
IT. Telecom Reporter, Lagos
Vmobile has slashed the price of its pre-paid
package, Veego SIM pack, to N4,980 for August, this year.
The price was slashed from the N5, 500 it announced
for July.
The company is also offering free N500 airtime to
every customer, who buys the Veego SIM packs designated for the promo, which
effectively brings the price to N4, 480.
The new price, according to the company, is valid
for August only.
The Veego lines, with the N500 free airtime, enable
customers who buy the lines, to begin talking with the phone without bothering
to buy recharge cards before they start using their phones.
The new price offering is indicative of the
company’s quest to satisfy the yearnings of Nigerians, who are desirous
of acquiring GSM lines at affordable rates.
In June, the company introduced the Bumpa Card, which
is aimed at helping its subscribers to drop their call charges to as low as N22
per minute.
The company also introduced a new recharge card,
“The Big One” and two offers, tagged “Veego Reward
Offer” and “Veego Airtime Bonus Offer,” which are designed to
further help the customers to enjoy the benefit of lower call tariffs.
“The Big One” is a N20, 000 recharge card
for Veego subscribers, which comes with free N2, 000 or 10 per cent extra
airtime and offers 360 days validity period.
With Veego Reward Offer, subscribers who spend up to
N50, 000 or more on airtime between June and November, this year, will get N5,
000 worth of free airtime. Customers’ phones will be credited with the
free airtime on December 7.
In the Veego Airtime Bonus offer, subscribers who use
up to N50, 000 or more airtime in any month will get 10 per cent of whatever
they spend, as free airtime, at the end of the particular month. This is a
lifetime offer, which means that it is obtainable as long as the network
remains in operation.
Customers can really optimise the value of these
offers by combining the Bumpa Card with The Big One, Veego Reward Offer and
Veego Airtime Bonus Offer, to drop effective call costs further down to less
than N22 per minute.
The Vmobile network offers customers numerous exciting
benefits, which include free customer care line (111), free voicemail
retrieval, free account balance and validity enquiries, free emergency service
including access to the police, Fire Service and Public Ambulance Service (122)
and access to special medical and ambulance services (199), as well as off peak
and weekend call rate of N30 per minute.
