Glo Mobile Ghana, the youngest network on Ghana’s telecoms market picked two awards at the 3rd MobileWorld Ghana Telecoms Awards (GTA). Glo was adjudged the Fastest Growing Telecommunications Network, and the Most Innovative Product of the Year 2012 for its ‘Glo Biiiig 5’ promo, which it introduced in the last quarter of 2012, the year under review. Glo entered the Ghana market as the sixth telecom operator and began commercial business on April 29th 2012, at a time when market watchers and all the experts considered Ghana’s telecoms sector as being overly saturated and without any room for a new player. The company took its chances, and with determination and customer-centric offerings, has succeeded in wrenching some 6% market share within just one year. Ahead of its launch, Glo Mobile Ghana successfully reserved 1.7 million numbers for subscription, and in the span of just 90 days following commencement of operations had registered over one million active subscribers according to NCA records. The closest any telco comes to this record of growth was in 2008 when the then Zain made a post-launch acquisition of 750,000 subscribers. It was in recognition of this unprecedented feat achieved notwithstanding the new SIM Card registration regulation that the company was adjudged the fastest growing in the country. Glo Mobile Ghana has grown steadily since it launched 14 months ago and as at the close of April was listed by the NCA as commanding an active subscriber base of over 1.65 million. The award-winning ‘Glo Biiiig 5’ product on the other hand, is an innovative tariff plan on which all Glo customers instantly receive five times usage credit for the value of every respective recharge made. When a subscriber loads GHC1 credit on his Glo line, he is automatically and immediately credited with GHC 5 worth of credit and with the additional credit the customer can call any network in Ghana, send SMS’s and browse the internet. In addition, customers can enjoy extra browsing time online with bonus credit earned on Biiiiig 5. When he mounted the podium to receive the coveted award, Dhirendra Surve, Head of Marketing at Glo Mobile Ghana, said his company and the entire Management and staff of Glo are proud and grateful for the honour of recognition for the effort Glo is putting into its bid to deliver optimum network experience and satisfaction for its customers. ‘Since the essence of such recognition is to encourage us to achieve more, we at Glo assure you that we will work even harder to exceed the expectations of our cherished customers and the general public,’ said Dhirendra. Organized by the United Kingdom-based Mobile World Magazine, the annual Ghana Telecom Awards (GTA) is the biggest platform for celebrating and recognizing excellence and achievement in Ghana’s telecommunications sector.