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| Vice President, Segments, Airtel Nigeria, Dinesh Balsingh; Chief Commercial Officer, Airtel, Maurice Newa with Head, Youth Segment, Airtel, Segun Aderinokun at the media launch of Airtel Trybe in Lagos on Thursday. |
Leading
telecommunications operator, Airtel Nigeria, has unveiled yet another innovative
offering; ‘Airtel Trybe’ specially designed to cater for
the needs and lifestyle of the youth market segment.
Airtel
Trybe is enhanced with features which offer youths the experience and benefits
of staying
connected to families, friends and their loved ones at all times and it also offers
additional opportunities to customers for deriving maximum benefits from voice
calls, SMS and data for social media platforms at affordable rates. In addition to these there are also other
amazing bonuses for new and existing customers who subscribe.
Speaking at
the launch of the product in Lagos today, the company’s Chief Commercial
Officer, Mr. Maurice Newa, said that the Telco has again demonstrated its
passion for the youth, stressing that Airtel will continue to create innovative
products and services as well as convenient platforms for customers to
experience world-class telecoms services on the network.
He said: “Airtel
realises the yearning of customers, especially the youths, to always stay
online and remain connected to their loved ones, families, friends and
associates. So with Airtel Trybe, a
platform which not only offers affordable call and SMS rates, but also comes
with huge attractive data plans , we have shown that we clearly and deeply care
about providing opportunities for our customers to enjoy every moment on our
network,”.
Speaking
further, he noted that the Telco fully understands that communication and
internet connectivity have become indispensable components of the 21st
century enabling business, education, entertainment, information, governance
and other activities and is committed to becoming the leading internet company
in Nigeria.
Customers can get
on the Airtel Trybe package by dialing
*312# or through SMS by sending YES to 312. To begin to enjoy the freebies,
customers simply need to use up to N48 in a day with the first 2 minutes
charged at N40k per/sec while other calls are charged at N20k/sec for on-net
and N30k/sec for off-net calls.
Customers who make
international calls will enjoy N30k/sec from the very first minute on calls to
the United States of America, India, China, Canada and the United Kingdom
(landlines).
They will also enjoy freebies after the first 120 seconds. The freebies
include free 10 minutes Trybe-to-Trybe calls for each subscriber per day and
another free voice calls offer from 11 pm to 4.30am to other Airtel subscribers.
In addition, subscribers get daily freebies to chat with unlimited access to Whatsapp, Twitter,
Facebook and Blackberry Messenger (WFTB) valid for 2 days.
As part of the offering, Airtel Trybe comes with a special Campus Zone rate of 11k/sec for all local calls made to every
network. This rate applies to calls made only in the campus of
any Nigerian higher institution and it is designed to help students stay connected to their families,
friends and loved ones.
Another interesting addition is that customers can also enjoy megabyte
bonuses. There is free 5MB weekly bonus on N100 recharge and 15MB instant bonus every week upon
cumulative recharge of N200 per week to browse the internet, while new
prepaid subscribers on Trybe enjoy additional bonus of up to 200 per cent on every recharge
for calls or SMS to local networks.
A recharge of N500 and above attracts 200 per cent bonus, while N200 and
N100 recharge attract 100 per cent and 50 per cent respectively. In addition, 50 per cent bonus on total
week’s recharge (Monday to Friday) is given for Airtel-to-Airtel calls on
Saturday and Sunday. The bonus is given instantly and valid for 7days.
As one of
Airtel’s latest products designed to create unparalleled experience for
customers, Trybe gives a boost to the
vision of the Telco to be Nigeria’s no 1 internet company.
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