{"id":56308,"date":"2013-04-26T02:29:27","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T02:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=56308"},"modified":"2013-04-26T02:29:27","modified_gmt":"2013-04-26T02:29:27","slug":"samsung-galaxy-s4-phones-will-soon-be-available-in-over-140-airtel-outlets-across-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=56308","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Galaxy S4 phones will soon be available in over 140 Airtel outlets across Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Nairobi, Kenya, April, 23rd 2013 \u2013 <\/b>Bharti Airtel (\u201cAirtel\u201d), a leading telecommunications service provider with operations in 20 countries across South Asia and Africa, has remained steadfastly committed to providing its customers with cutting edge services. Beginning early May, consumers will have the opportunity to buy the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphones in all Airtel outlets across the African continent.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><i>The world\u2019s fourth largest\u00a0mobile operator will make the coveted smartphone available across Africa<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><i>Airtel will offer 3 months free data plans to the customers who buy the Samsung Galaxy S4 handsets<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Airtel customers will not only get the chance to get their hands on the most sought-after mobile device of the year, but they will also get 3 months data to go with it. The offer is available while stocks last.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Andre Beyers, Chief Marketing Officer of Airtel Africa said: \u201cWe have responded to our customers\u2019 demands for the Samsung Galaxy S4 and are very excited to make this ground-breaking phone available in Africa. Thanks to our 3.75G network, Airtel customers will be able to fully take advantage of all the features of this truly innovative mobile device.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Beyers added: \u201cFrom a business perspective, smart phone penetration is linked to strong data growth. This is demonstrated through internal data which shows that\u00a0 Samsung smartphones generate twenty times more data than feature phones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The much anticipated handset reached 10 million pre-orders in the first two weeks after its announcement. George Ferreira, Vice President and COO of Samsung Electronics, Africa says: \u201cWe are extremely happy to be partnering with Airtel across Africa, bringing the Samsung Galaxy S4 to their customers. \u00a0We are confident that Airtel customers will greatly benefit from the\u00a0 data offering with the S4 \u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Samsung GALAXY S4 is all about \u2018togetherness\u2019. It overcomes barriers of distance by enabling friends share screens, as well as explore each other\u2019s favorite music, files and games.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Every picture taken on the Samsung GALAXY S4 can come with sound. The smartphone captures all the action and enables users relive all those exciting memories. As a real life companion, the new Samsung GALAXY S4 cares enough to monitor the health and well-being of its owner. By monitoring fitness levels during workouts and throughout the day, the device can help achieve\u00a0 fitness goals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>Airtel<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><i>Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news\u00a0!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nairobi, Kenya, April, 23rd 2013 \u2013 Bharti Airtel (\u201cAirtel\u201d), a leading telecommunications service provider with operations in 20 countries across South Asia and Africa, has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":17053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14394,671,7154,7010],"tags":[3600,3602,15699],"class_list":["post-56308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-featured","category-ict-for-development","category-technology","tag-airtel","tag-bharti-airtel","tag-samsung-galaxy-s4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}