Daily Independent Online.
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Thursday, July 01, 2004.
Globacom
partners Stallion Group in sales promo
By Emma Okonji
IT. Telecom Reporter, Lagos
Globacom Nigeria, one of the nation’s operators
of the Global System of Mobile Communications (GSM), is partnering Stallion
Group Limited, marketers of various brands of cars, in a special car sales
promotion, scheduled to hold between today and 30, this year.
In the promotion, buyers of Volkswagen, Skoda and
Hyundai brands of cars from Stallion Group’s showrooms across Nigeria
will have an opportunity to be connected to the Glo Mobile network. They will
be given either the Prepaid Classic or Premium SIM packs, depending on the car brand and model.
Buyers of Hyundai Accent and Hyundai Getz will get
the Prepaid Classic SIM packs, while those of Hyundai Sonata, Hyundai Santa Fe and Hyundai
Terracan will be given Prepaid Premium packs.
The Polo model of Volkswagen attracts the Prepaid
Classic while
buyers of the Bora and Passat models of Volkswagen will be given Prepaid
Premium SIM packs.
Buyers of Skoda Fabia will also be given Glo Mobile Prepaid Classic SIM pack, while those of Skoda
Octavia and Skoda Superb will have the Prepaid Premium.
The Managing Director of Stallion Group, Mr. Parvir
Singh, who disclosed this in Lagos, said the promotion is in line with the
company's way of rewarding its customers. He stated that the company chose Glo
Mobile to partner it in the promotion because of the enviable reputation the
network has established in just nine months of operation, adding that Stallion
Group was impressed with the quality of facilities deployed by Glo Mobile, as
well as its fast and robust expansion drive.
Glo Mobile currently covers 63 towns and 10 major
highways across the country and has a subscriber base of over 900,000. Plans to
roll out services in 20 northern cities are also near completion
The Stallion Group is one of the largest automobile
dealers in Africa and is the sole distributor of the Volkswagen, Hyundai, Honda
and Skoda brand of cars in Nigeria.
