Smile Communications Nigeria Limited has
announced the introduction of two 4G LTE innovations to its customers in
Nigeria - SmileVoice and SmileUnlimited.
Smile, a leading broadband services
provider in Nigeria is the first operator in West Africa to offer its customers
Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services, giving them access to the fast growing Global
standard for voice and video calling.
Smile is running on the 0702 prefix.
Ernest Nnaemeka Azudialu-Obiejesi,
Chairman Smile Communications Nigeria said, “Smile is the first mobile operator
in West Africa to develop and introduce Voice over LTE, plus a world first in a
free Voice over LTE application that enables all our customers in Nigeria with
Android and iPhone devices to experience high-quality voice calls over Smile’s
network.
“We are committed to improving the
quality of voice and data services in Nigeria. With SmileVoice our customers
can call anyone locally and in the world just like on any other mobile.”
SmileVoice comes in two options; using a
world-first downloadable free mobile App that affords customers with a
Smartphone Android and Apple iPhone device the ability to make SuperClear voice
calls over Smile’s 4G LTE network, or through the use of VoLTE-enabled handsets
plus a Smile SIM card, such as the latest Samsung devices.
SmileUnlimited offers customers 30 days
of unlimited access to Smile’s SuperFast 4G LTE mobile broadband service.
“With our recently announced funding, Smile
has doubled the size of its 4G LTE network in Nigeria to 7 states and the
capital and now provides 30-days of unlimited access to SuperFast mobile
broadband – there is no other provider that is offering its customers such
value and convenience,” says Azudialu-Obiejesi.
Michiel Buitelaar, Managing Director
Smile Nigeria explained that any unlimited offering is subject to a fair usage
policy (FUP). Smile’s FUP is very generous when compared with other local
offers and ensures that connectivity is maintained throughout the 30-day period.
Not only is Smile’s pricing more
affordable than that of competitor narrowband offerings, Smile’s superior experience
of true broadband makes SmileUnlimited a fitting application of Smile’s value
proposition of speed, quality, reliability and simplicity.
The free SmileVoice App is a
world-first, enabling customers that don’t have VoLTE-capable handsets to make
reliable Voice over LTE calls when connected to Smile’s mobile broadband
network.
“In the Nigerian market, Android is the
leading handset and together with the free SmileVoice App, we are ensuring that
all our registered customers have a way to experience high-quality voice calls
from their mobiles,” says Mr Buitelaar.
“We made our first Voice over LTE calls
in Nigeria during beta-testing in October 2015 and the feedback from our
existing customers since our soft-launch early February has been extremely positive.
Thousands of our customers now make national and international voice calls
using their data bundles,” says Mr. Buitelaar about the Nigerian market.
Smile has a Unified Access License which
allows it to provide a full bouquet of telecommunication services explaining
why it is doing both voice and data on the 4G platform.
Already, Smile’s services have been
spread to about seven cities in Nigeria including Kaduna, Onitsha and Asaba
which all came alive in December 2015. Plans are underway to roll out more
services in more cities in the six geo-political zones of the country before
the end of this year.
To use SmileVoice, customers will be required
to have a registered SIM card and active SmileData service. When out of range
of the Smile network, the SmileVoice App will enable calls from any device that
is connected to the Internet via 3G or Wi-Fi at home or abroad. Customers who
make calls when travelling abroad will be charged their local call rates, as if
they were calling from home.
Founded in 2007 and incorporated in
Mauritius, Smile Telecoms Holdings Ltd (Smile Group) owns and operates 4G LTE
mobile broadband networks in the 800MHz band in Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda,
offering nationwide SuperFast mobile broadband services to its customers.
Smile has national
broadband coverage comparable to the largest 3G network in each of its
current countries of operation and from early 2016, all Smile customers will
have access to SuperClear, reliable voice calls, video calls and SMSs over
LTE.
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