promotional offers and increasing poor quality of services by
telecommunications operators in the country, the Nigerian
Communications Commission (NCC), has stopped all forms of promotional
activities or lotteries embarked upon by operators forthwith.
The ban which came into effect yesterday, November 12, 2012 was
contained in a press statement by the telecom regulatory body.
The statement above, is below by Tony Ojobo, Director, Public Affairs
i. In due regard to the afore-mentioned responsibilities therefore and
having observed that these promotions have increased the number of
minutes available to subscribers for use within a limited period of
time thereby creating congestion in the networks as subscribers try to
use up the available minutes within the stipulated time.
ii. That on-net calls were now being offered by Operators at tariffs
well below the prevailing inter-connect rates thereby introducing
anti-competitive practices and behaviour.
iii. That termination of calls were becoming increasingly difficult
from one network to another and overall consumer experience on the
networks has become very poor thereby making it extremely difficult
for subscribers to make calls successfully.
• GLOBACOM LTD
• MTN
• INTERCELLULAR NIG PLC
• VISAFONE COMMS LTD
• ETISALAT
• AIRTEL NETWORKS LTD
• MULTILINKS TELECOMS LTD
The Commission wishes to assure all Telecommunications consumers of
its resolve to ensure that the Quality of Service offered across all
networks is such that delivers value to the consumers.
Tony Ojobo
Director, Public Affairs
Meanwhile, as at press time, Chairman Association of
Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), Gbenga Adebayo could
not be reached for his reaction but second national operator,
Globacom, on its Facebook page, announced its compliance with the
above directive and apologized to subscribers.