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| (R-L) Nitin Anand, Vice President, Data and Digital Services, Airtel Nigeria, Nick Imudia, Managing Director, Nokia West and Central Africa, Chris Brown, General Manager, Nokia Nigeria and Inusa Bello, Chief Sales Officer, Airtel Nigeria at the launch of ASHA 510 and 201 smartphone series in Lagos. |
Airtel Nigeria and Nokia West Africa have partnered
to offer the next billion users, new data offerings for customers to access
their favourite social media networks on their Nokia Asha devices.
DigitalSENSE
Business News learnt that the new offering affords Airtel customers across
the country to get free access to WhatsApp and Facebook Unlimited bundles on
the new Nokia Asha 210, Asha 501 as well as all existing Asha devices for the
first six months.
As said by Inusa Bello, the Chief Sales Officer of
Airtel, the offer is open to all new and existing Airtel customers using the
new Nokia Asha 210, Asha 501 as well as all existing Asha devices for the first
six months.
He explained that to activate the WhatsApp bundle,
customers are to text the keyword ‘WA’ to 948 while those who wants to enjoy
free Facebook service are to text ‘FB’ to 688.
“We are proud
to partner with Nokia in delivering value to Nigerians. The WhatsApp and Facebook offer on these two
Nokia Smartphones provides another opportunity for Nigerians to enjoy Airtel’s
robust internet services that covers the
36 states of the federation and Abuja, ” he said.
General Manager, Nokia West Africa, Mr. Chris Brown
explained that this is part of Nokia’s plan to extend its Asha range of
smartphones to more customers in Nigeria, especially those looking at owning
their first data enabled smartphone. “Through this partnership we are creating
an opportunity for our customers to enjoy seamless social networking with
friends, family and colleagues through Facebook, as well as being able to chat
through WhatsApp,” he said.
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