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- 27 Jun 2018
Odds Favours MTN as Endorsements Flow for Acquisition of Visafone Frequency
Nigerian subscribers and industry associations have urged the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to allow MTN take over the operating license and frequency spectrum of Visafone’s Code Division…
- 13 Aug 2012
Natcomms Plans Telecom Subscribers Summit
National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS) plans to host the first edition of the National Telecommunications Subscribers Summit. Chief Deolu Ogunbanjo, President of the…
- 30 May 2013
Telecom Subscribers Want Resume Ban on Promos, Lotteries
National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS), has called for resumption of ban on telecommunications promos and lotteries, to ensure improved service. Chief Deolu Ogunbanjo,…
- 9 Mar 2017
Subscribers Panic as Banks Descend on Etisalat over N541.8Bn Debt
Chief Deolu Ogunbanjo, National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOM), has warned that Etisalat network’s subscribers are likely to face challenges, unless the banks are ready to…
- 9 Dec 2021
NCC Shines @2021 ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue, Bags Telecom E-Waste Regulator Award
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has bagged the 2021 ITREALMS Telecom E-Waste Regulator Award. From left: Publisher/Editor Newsmart, Ms. Rose Moses; President, Guild of Corporate Online…
- 23 Jan 2017
NATCOMMS Seeks Telecom Tariff Reduction
The National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMMS) has called on operators to ensure continuous improvement in the Quality Of Service (QoS) they offered last year. Chief Deolu…
- 16 Mar 2016
NATCOMS Urge NCC to Enforce Minister’s Order on Unused Data
National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS) has urged the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to enforce the rollover of unused monthly data to the new month. Chief Deolu…
- 5 May 2022
Subscribers Reject Proposed Plans by Telcos to Hike Tariff
Telecommunications service subscribers have opposed the planned increase in the cost of voice calls, short message services (SMS) and data services in the country. They were reacting to the letter by…
- 3 Jun 2013
Natcoms Decries Nesrea’s Closure of Glo Base Station
Deolu Ogunbanjo, National President, National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS), has decried the closure of Globacom base station in Plateau state by National Environmental…
- 8 Sept 2008
Natcomms Seeks Tenure Extension For Ndukwe
Mr. Deolu Ogunbanjo, president of National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers of Nigera (Natcomms) has called on federal government to consider extension of Engr. Ernest Ndukwe, OFR,…
- 4 Jul 2013
Subscribers Appeal to Comtech Minister to Extend Sim Registration
National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers of Nigeria (NATCOMS) has appealed Mrs. Omobola Johnson, minister of Communications Technology to use her office to extend the just concluded Sim…
- 2 Jan 2025
Subscriber Group Rejects Telcos Push for Tariff Hike
National Association of Telecoms Subscribers (NATCOMS), a telecoms subscriber body, has warned Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) not accede to demands by telecommunications companies in the…
- 4 Aug 2013
NATCOMS Demands N5,000 for 12 Years of Poor QoS
National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS) has asked all GSM network operators to credit all subscribers with N5 000 as compensation for 12 years of unbearable quality of…
- 17 Jan 2014
Telcos Rule Out N60Bn Compensation for Poor QoS
Telecom operators under the aegis of Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) said that the demand for airtime compensation worth N606.5 billion being made by telecoms…
- 5 Mar 2014
NATCOMS Sues NCC, Asks Court to Halt N647.5m Fines
National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS), on Tuesday approached a Federal High Court in Lagos, seeking an order of interlocutory injunction restraining the Nigerian…
- 28 Aug 2014
NATCOMMS Kicks Against ATM Charges, Blasts CBN
National Association of Telecom Subscribers (NATCOMS) yesterday, said that the new Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) charges on Automated Teller Machine (ATM) withdrawals was punitive and unacceptable.…
- 8 Jan 2018
End Unsolicited Messages Now Subscribers Begs NCC
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been urged by the National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS) to address unsolicited text message related issue squarely this year.…
- 1 Jun 2018
CPC, Subscribers Battle Telcos over Tariff Hike
Consumer Protection Council (CPC) and the National Association of Telecoms Consumers of Nigeria (NATCOMs) have warned telecoms service providers in the country against hiking the tariff of telecoms…
- 28 Aug 2012
Natcoms Carpets Authorities for Not Tackling GSM Hoaxes
National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (Natcoms) has taken a swipe on regulatory authorities for not doing enough to dispel the urban legends, myths, and tales-by-moonlight spreading…
- 17 Jul 2012
That Natcoms’ Call for Capital Punishment for Vandals of Telecom Infrastructure
The recent call by National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (Natcoms) for a law that would make vandalism of telecommunication facilities a capital offence is inherently wrong, and can…
- 11 Dec 2023
NCC leads stakeholders to 2023 ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue
Telecommunications regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is leading the industry in mopping up support for the 2023 edition of the ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue scheduled at the…
- 1 May 2024
Experts Seek Stricter Regulation against Call Masking, SIM-Boxing Fraud
Experts have called for stronger laws and stricter regulation to tackle security issues around call masking and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM)-boxing-related fraud in Nigeria, according to the…
- 8 Dec 2014
Subscribers, Operators @ War over Compensation for Poor QoS
Mixed reactions have greeted the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) ultimatum to telecommunications operators compelling them to articulate compensation plan for their subscriber before…
- 19 Sept 2015
NATCOMMS to Protest MTN’s “Rip-Off”
National Association of Telecom Subscribers (NATCOMS) has warned MTN to expect civil protest from Nigerian subscribers anytime soon for alleged ripping off of telecom consumers by MTN other telco…
- 18 Jul 2013
NAMA, “Terror” Threatening QoS-NATCOMS
National Association of Telecoms Subscribers (NATCOMS) has accused Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) of terrorizing the telecom industry with NAMA’s recent ultimatum to owners of telecoms…
- 4 Apr 2016
Worries as N30Bn Debt Threatens Telecom Sector
The telecoms sector already contending with many problems hindering quality of service; may be finally knocked down by the huge interconnect debt profile which is growing by the day, according to…
- 15 Jul 2013
NATCOMs Urges Subscribers to Register Sims as NCC Opens Window
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has opened a Sim card registration window for subscribers affected by deactivation / disconnection and Nigerian subscribers under the aegis of National…
- 26 Jun 2013
Subscribers Ask NCC to Extend Sim Registration by 3 Months
National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers of Nigeria (NATCOMS) has appealed to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to extend the on-going Sim card registration programme by…
- 25 Sept 2012
Subscribers Honour Obasanjo, Former President
National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (Natcoms), the umbrella body of telecommunications consumers in the country said it will confer the Nigeria Telecoms Platinum Award to Chief…
- 22 Oct 2024
FG Mum as Telcos Threaten to Disconnect Banks from USSD Services over N250Bn Debt
Federal government has failed to intervene in the unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) debt crisis between the telecom operators and the financial banks in the country. Karl Toriola, chief…