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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 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 12 Feb 2025
Angst over Telecom Tariff Hike as Subscribers Demand Sanctions, Labour Orders Boycott
National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS), body of telecommunications subscribers in the country has called for sanctions against telecommunications operators in the country…
- 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,…
- 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-…
- 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…
- 21 Oct 2024
Telecom Subscribers Ask NCC to Approve 10 Percent Tariffs Increase for Telcos
Telecommunications subscribers under the aegis of National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS) have called on Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to approve a 10 per cent…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 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…
- 30 Dec 2022
Nigerians to Pay More on Calls, Data In 2023
The 160 million mobile phone users in the country, are expected to pay more on calls and data in 2023 as the federal government infused 5 per cent excise duty on telecoms services in the 2022 Finance…
- 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…
- 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 May 2021
Subscribers Ask to Pantami to Resign despite Stellar Works
National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS), umbrella body of Nigerian telecom subscribers, yesterday called Dr. Isa Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, to…
- 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…
- 23 May 2016
NATCOMS Seeks Compensation Policy for Telecoms Consumers
The National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS), has appealed to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to put in place a Subscriber’s Compensation Policy that will…
- 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…
- 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’…
- 5 Jan 2025
Subscribers’ Group Threatens to Sue Telcos over Proposed Tariff Hike
Subscribers have said they are preparing to sue telecommunications companies over a proposed tariff hike that could double service costs nationwide. Adeolu Ogunbanjo, national president, National…
- 14 Aug 2016
NATCOMS Urges NCC Board to Reduce Price Cap, Others
The National Association of Telecoms Subscribers' (NATCOMS) has urged the new board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to urgently, in the spirit of consumer-centrism, review charges,…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 27 Nov 2023
NATCOMS Asks NCC to Stop MTN from Acquiring 9Mobile
National Association of Telecoms Subscribers (NATCOMS) has called on the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to stop MTN from acquiring Emerging Markets Telecommunications Service Limited…