AIRTEL Nigeria, has unveiled SmartSpeedoo, a revolutionary service that allow
customers experience real data while browsing at affordable tariff and enjoyingfree
megabytes.
Airtel Smart
Speedoo, which can be activated using *141#,
was unveiled at the press conference held in
Ikeja, Lagos.
Chief
Commercial Officer, Airtel, Ahmad Mokhles, said the company is passionate about
creating innovative mobile Internet platforms, value offerings and opportunities
that will help telecoms consumers in Nigeria stay connected and be fully
empowered to fulfill their dreams.
“Airtel
Nigeria is intensely interested in democratizing data tariff and we have taken
a huge step forward in this journey in line with our major objective of
becoming the provider of first choice for mobile Internet services,” Mokhles
added.
Speaking on
how Airtel Speedo works, Vice President, Data & Digital Services, Airtel,
Nitin Anand, said customers using Smart Speedoo enjoy low rate in addition to
free data the more they browse.
“When a
customer uses up to 10mb at 1kobo/kb, Airtel gives him 10mb free. And when his
usage gets to 50mb, the browsing rate drops to 0.5kobo/kb, then he gets 50mb
free. When the customer’s usage reaches 100mb, the rate drops further to 0.2kobo/kb
and he is given 100mb free,” Anand explained.
Anand
further noted that this cycle continues every month, thereby giving Airtel
customers the FREE SURF experience.
While
commenting on the superfast 3G internet, which Smart Speedoo rides on, Nitin
noted that Airtel has the largest deployment of 3G Internet Provider (IP) sites
in the country enabling the telco offer internet speed of up to 42mbps, which is
very close to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) speed.
“Almost 80
to 85 percent of all Airtel 3G sites in Nigeria are IP enabled so they can give
you the speed of 42mbps, this speed is similar to the speed you get on LTE
network. So, we can proudly announce that customers can get real data
experience on the Airtel 3G network, which is equal to 4G speed,” Anand said.
Head, Data
& portals, Airtel, David Umoh in his presentation explained that Airtel
customers using the service do not need to remember USSD code to buy data or
worry about their airtime being used up when out of data while browsing, as
SmartSpeedoo gives pop-up notifications to show usage.
The
telecommunications company noted that Airtel
Smart Speedoo gives ‘free internet in everyone’s hand’ as it enables
customers to be in control of their data usage while also surfing at a very low
rate.
Airtel noted
that it will continue to roll out more innovative services designed to further
empower Nigerians and offer them FREE SURF experience.
