Customers of Starcomms Plc., the only telecommunications company quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, who have taken advantage of the company's recently introduced inter-standard roaming service have praised it for its innovations and the superb quality service which allows them to travel around the world and still retain their numbers. While speaking on their experiences, they stated that the relatively affordable service has in a short period of time had positive impact on their businesses and lives. Chris Omosive, a chartered accountant and businessman residing in Lagos, while expressing satisfaction over the introduction of the international roaming service by Starcomms said that he is happy he was able to travel with his Starcomms phone and was in touch with his colleagues and family.
He particularly commended Starcomms for the pocket friendly tariff and the hassle free process of getting hooked to the international roaming service. He said that his experience shows that the introduction of the service is of great advantage to businessmen who want to stay in touch with their business associates using their known mobile phone numbers while out of the country, noting that Starcomms’ innovation in this regard has added value not only to their lifestyle but also to their ability to keep in touch with business associates and their families. Elated Omosive, said that he has always believed in the ability of Starcomms as a leader in the telecom industry stating that his continuous patronage of the award winning telecom company was a result of the value its innovations have been adding to his life. Another customer, Theophilus Osaruyi, a university lecturer, who just returned from a seminar in Europe described the innovation as highly beneficial and a boost to Starcomms customers stressing, that it is a worthy service that all customers of the leading telecommunications operator will cherish.
He said that customers of Starcomms who had before now had to worry about using or getting another phone to stay in contact with their friends and business partners while out of the country have every course to thank Starcomms for the innovation and especially for making roaming easily accessible to prepaid customers.
The introduction of the international roaming service by Starcomms was as a result of an agreement signed on March 23, 2010 with MACH, the leading provider of hub-based mobile applications exchange solutions and Accuris Network, the leading provider of Inter-standard and converged solutions.
The implication of the service is that over 3.2 million and those about to join now have the rare opportunity of seamless access to international mobile roaming on wireless technology networks.
And that is because the agreement allows Starcomms’ customers the global advantage of connecting to about 600 networks in over 100 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, America and the Middle East.
The ISR solutions from MACH and Accuris Networks is delivered through a proven services infrastructure and offers turnkey inter-operability between wireless technologies, including CDMA, 1xEVDO, GSM, GPRS/UMTS, WIFI, WiMax and soon, LTE. The solution, which can be implemented using existing connections, offers end-users all services that are available on their home network, even when they are traveling. With end-to-end one-number interoperability, operators can provide complete voice and messaging services easily.
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