Google Partners With UBA To Provide Free Internet

The tech giant “Google” has partnered with one of Africans “bank United Bank For Africa(UBA) to provide free internet to her customers and is environs, This new collaboration is part of googles plans to roll out 200 stations in five cities across Nigeria by the end of 2019.

Google Station, is an initiative launched by google to provide free, high-speed Wi-Fi hotspots in major public areas and places,  this initiative began in Lagos as of the last year 2018 and extended to Abuja in December in partnership with Backbone Connectivity Network.

The new collaboration with UBA would allow customers access to internet connectivity within the 11 branches and its environs, thereby facilitating. This 11 Branches where the hotspot will be located Includes:

• UBA Bank Road, 810-811 Bank Road, Daleko;
• UBA Matori, 21 Fatai Atere street;
• UBA Surulere, 152 Ogunlana Drive;
• UBA Allen, 13 Allen Avenue, Ikeja;
• UBA Tisco Plaza, Alausa;
• UBA Apapa, 11-13 Warehouse Road, Apapa;
• UBA Marina, 55 Marina, Lagos Island;
• UBA HQ, Broad Street, Marina;
• UBA Lekki Admiralty;
• UBA Oke Arin and
• UBA Aspamda Plaza, Trade Fair.

Google Nigeria’s Country Director, pointed out that this initiative will be focused on providing internet services to users for free, and I quote

“With the help of our partners, we are offering high-quality internet access in heavily-trafficked areas like airports, markets, malls and bus stations throughout the country, especially in areas where there were no internet connections before.
“Even with the amazing progress on expanding mobile internet, we are finding that public Wi-Fi remains a crucial step in getting free, high quality internet to everyone,” she explained.

Hope this initiative spreads out to other parts of the country especially the learning (schools). what do you think about this initiative? join the conversation via the comment section.

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