Glo launches Global Chat service

Globacom has expanded its bouquet of value added services with the launch of Afri-Chat, an instant messaging-powered service which enables users to chat with people who share their interests.

A statement from the Marketing Department of Globacom said the SMS-based mobile messaging and community solution is the first such product in the market and provides a fun-filled platform for users to make friends and interact.

“It is a simple, fast, text-based anonymous chatting service that provides an exciting medium for people of like minds to build friendships and exchange ideas,” the statement said. It explained that Globacom subscribers to the service will be able to access not just subscribers of other participating networks in Nigeria but a pan-African community of users in a secure environment.

“This is an innovative service which offers our consumers the benefits of social networking and self expression. It has a combination of easy-to-use offerings which provide a highly engaging environment for peer-to-peer interaction and community bonding across Africa.

“The Globacom brand is an enabling platform which since launched has been leading the change in the telecommunication industry. Afri-Chat is one more innovation in this direction. The service provides our subscribers the avenue to indulge in their favourite pastime of interacting, ‘gisting’ or just plain gossiping,” the statement added.

Afri-Chat also enables users with MSN and Yahoo! Accounts to stay in touch and chat with their existing online contacts.

The chatting and community service operates at two levels; Personal Chat and Group Chat. For the Personal Chat service, the subscriber first searches the database according to age, gender, interest or location and then subsequently sends a chat invite to someone who meets his desired profile.

To use the Group Chat service, Globacom further explained, the subscriber joins an existing chat room which focuses on such subjects such as sports, business, politics, romance, music, movies, jokes, religion and astrology.

by: Prince Osuagwu

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