Starcomms rolls out mobile data card

By Melvin Awolowo

Nigeria’s private telecom operator (PTO) Starcomms has rolled out its
instant Internet access via wireless mobile data card at an official launch held in Lagos at the just ended NICOMM 2004, an annual event organised by the Association of Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria
(ATCON).

Wireless Internet access is catching on globally with the spread of wi-fi. Most notebooks now come with the wireless card compartment. In Nigeria, hotspots are increasingly gaining grounds.

The wireless or mobile data card being offered by Starcomms will operate at an average download speed (DS) of 80kbps but has capacity to reach a maximum DS of 140kbps.

Starcomms’ CEO Dirk Smet says the new service is easy to use, fast, and convenient, and requires no special activation charge.

“Only a one-off acquisition cost is required, and subsequently the subscriber pays a fixed access charge which permits 24hour access to the internet from any location within our network coverage areas of Kano,
Maiduguri and of course Lagos” said Smet.

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