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- 4 Dec 2024
Telecoms Subscribers to Petition National Assembly Over Controversial 5% Tax
The National Association of Telecoms Subscribers (NATCOMS) has announced plans to petition the National Assembly over the Federal Government’s renewed push to impose a 5% excise duty on…
- 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…
- 31 Jan 2025
NATCOMS Says 50 Percent Tariff Hike Excessive, Votes for 10
Telecom subscribers under the aegis of National Association of Telecom Subscribers in Nigeria (NATCOMS) said it may head to court to challenge the 50 percent tariff hike approved for the telecom…
- 13 Mar 2022
Consumers Ask FG Stop Issuing of Deadlines for SIM-NIN Linkage
National Association of Telecoms Subscribers (NATCOMS), the umbrella body of telecoms subscribers in Nigeria has asked the federal government to suspend for the National Identification Number-…
- 30 May 2018
Telecom Subscribers Kick Against Levies By Telcos
Deolu Ogunbanjo, national president, National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMs) has displeasure at the numerous levies saddled on members by telecoms operators. According…
- 19 Aug 2024
ATCIS, Telecom Subscribers Group Kicks against Push by Telcos to Hike Tariff
Telecom subscribers, under the aegis of Association of Telephones, Cable TV and Internet Subscribers of Nigeria (ATCIS), recently kicked against the push by Nigeria mobile network operators (MNOs) to…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 28 Mar 2025
IHS Nigeria Hosts Telecom Industry Stakeholders to Discuss Protection of Critical National Infrastructure in Lagos State
IHS Nigeria, part of the IHS Holding Limited (NYSE: IHS) (“IHS Towers”) group, one of the largest independent owners, operators, and developers of shared communications infrastructure in the world 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 16 Aug 2012
NATCOMS Puts Consumers First @ Subscribers Summit
National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS) will on September 28 hold the first edition of the National Telecommunications Subscribers Summit to create an independent forum where…
- 20 Dec 2020
NIN-SIM Integration: ALTON Calls for Understanding of Subscribers
Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has called for understanding by subscribers on the ongoing order by the government for the immediate integration of National Identity…
- 28 Jul 2022
Subscribers, Telcos Kick as FG Slams 5 Percent Tax on Calls and Data
Federal government has slammed additional five per cent excise duty, that the telecom subscriber pays, which is different from the cost of voice call.. This was disclosed yesterday at a stakeholders’…
- 8 Oct 2021
GSM@20: Stakeholders Set for Dialogue on Telecoms Consumer Protection
Stakeholders in Nigeria are billed to participate in an industry-wide dialogue summit aimed at addressing salient issues affecting over 200 million telecom corporate and individual consumers, as…
- 14 Jul 2020
ATCON Hosts Sectoral Virtual Forum to Address Post COVID-19 Telecom Needs
The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has concluded plans to organize a Sectoral Virtual Forum that would address the need of telecom and ICT Consumers in the…
- 25 May 2025
Telecom Subscribers Decline By 43m in One Year
At least 43 million lines were disconnected from networks service providers for non compliance with the National Identification Number (NIN) SIM linkage policy of the federal government, report has…
- 28 Aug 2020
Telecoms Sector Contributes N2.3trn to Q2 GDP
Despite the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nigeria’s telecommunications and information services sectors remain the enablers of growth, with N2.3 trillion or 14.30 percent Gross Domestic…
- 10 Aug 2026
Subscribers to Seek Legal Redress if Poor Quality of Service Continue in September
Telecommunications subscribers under the umbrella of the National Association of Telecoms Subscribers (NATCOMS), has handed telecommunications operators in the country September deadline to improve…
- 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…
- 19 Jan 2009
Natcomms Berates Operators over High Tariff
National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers of Nigeria (Natcomms) has appealed to telecom operators to consider tariff reduction as requested by federal government. Mr. Deolu Ogunbanjo,…
- 16 Sept 2024
Over 65m GSM Lines Risk Disconnection over SIM-NIN Linkage
About 65 million phone lines are at risk of disconnection after telecom operators refused to grant subscribers an extension to the National Identification Number (NIN) -Subscriber Identity Module…
- 19 Apr 2024
Nigeria’s Telecoms Sector Threatened by Economic Challenges - Ikemesit Effiong
Ikemesit Effiong, Chairman of the Technology Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law, has raised concerns about the sustainability of Nigeria's telecoms sector amid ongoing…
- 3 Sept 2016
NCC, Airtel, LASIMRA, Others Set for NITRA Seminar
Stakeholders from public and private sectors at Federal and State levels are set for the third quarter seminar series being organised by the Nigeria Information and Communication Technology…
- 3 Oct 2023
NITRA Applauds Danbatta's Transformative Achievements in Nigeria's Telecom Sector
Stakeholder group in the Nigerian Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has commended the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba…
- 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…
- 5 Jul 2020
Subscribers Seek Free Calls, Data as Palliatives
Telecoms subscribers have appealed to the telecoms companies to provide them with free voice calls, in addition to more data palliatives. Deolu Ogunbanjo, president, NATCOMS Deolu Ogunbanjo,…
- 11 Jan 2010
Telecom Subscribers’ Expectations in 2010
Telecommunications industry in the country coming from the tortuous 2009 occasioned by global economic meltdown and Central Bank of Nigeria reform in the banking which have affected both operators…
- 22 Jul 2024
Subscribers Decry Poor Service Delivery by Telcos, Accuse NCC of Playing the Ostrich
Telecommunications subscribers have waxed angrily at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for pretending that everything was fine while subscribers grapple with unreliable internet and call…