Telecom operators on Saturday blamed intermittent interruptions on network on vandalism of base stations, destruction of optic fibre, high forex and shutting of base stations by government agencies.


The President of Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Mr Olusola Teniola, made the attribution in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

“There is a situation in the industry whereby the equipment to bring into the country to increase capacity is either delayed by government, or at the port, we are not given the right payment in time.

“Secondly, forex is high but the equipment price has not reduced, making it very difficult to sustain investment in increasing our network coverage and capacity.

”Vandalism, theft and sabotage of our base stations’ equipment, and base stations being shut down by different agencies demanding one tax after another do not help operators.

“We have incidents of optic fibre destruction, which impacts on traffic to be carried to and from one location or city to another.

“”There is need for security operatives to ensure that telecommunications equipment which is a critical national infrastructure is protected,” the ATCON president said.

He urged that the the Federal Government should ease burden on service providers by expediting action on issuance of relevant right of way permits for operators.

According to Teniola, if all the issues affecting operators are resolved, quality of service will improve.

The ATCON president said that interruption during festive periods resulted from heavy traffic associated with such periods.

He said that some operators still used equipment bought 10 years ago, calling on the government to encourage the operators by investing in telecom equipment.

“During festive period it seems that intermittent interruption is more because most of the calls are originating from Lagos to people that are living in the villages, and the network capacity is not strong.

“There has not been any form of investment in equipment that will carter for additional traffic on the network since the past 10 years, and this is not good for the industry.“We need government to encourage us to bring in the needed equipment by investing in them and making forex available for operators,” he said.

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Na wa for 9ja...

MTN calls have been horrible this past week ...

But you still end up collecting money for rubbish service, this is another way people get scammed, they should be made to payback.

Tell them to stop charging us unnecessarily first

There is always reasons, Naija Network

See silly excuses to cover incompetence.

a yaba left patient's mental state is more stable than glo network.

So there's a stup1d association and yet we dey suffer for Glo hand like this. Na God go punish una with this stupid excuses.
Stup1d country

I'm currently running a big project of this standard. Government officials always think you're making large sum of money and they are always asking for bribes and more money.
They fail to understand that as an investor you project long term returns.

The Government is bleeped.

Gucci thunder strike una

Whatever the reason is, it's not just funny. They should have atleast informed us, I was already beginning to think my phone was faulty not until I heard others complain of same issue.

GTB should also come tell us what their problem is cos I am not understanding them again.

The full country self tire me

H

No exemption on this one. It affects everyone no matter how highly placed.

Abi them wan go buy private network generator

Only in Nigeria!

AdeniyiA:
MTN calls have been horrible this past week ...

Asin en, you'll just be talking with someone on the phone, next thing you start hearing ancestral incantations

The worst is the area of theft and vandalism. There are situations communities will be taxing these companies just cos of the Base station.

Tunasco4u:
There is always reasons, Naija Network

And all other countries have perfect network? Tell me another thing

sirfemoz:
The worst is the area of theft and vandalism. There are situations communities will be taxing these companies just cos of the Base station.

Well said

happy sunday all Nairalanders

onadana:
See silly excuses to cover incompetence.

What incompetence are you talking about? Please she more light on your conclusions

Whether these flimsy excuses or not,network providers are always set on acquiring profit but not wanting to provide reliable network services.

They should refund us for that

Ur excuse is not acceptable, you are all thiefs

God punish glo

Vicintonsh:
Whatever the reason is, it's not just funny. They should have atleast informed us, I was already beginning to think my phone was faulty not until I heard others complain of same issue.

GTB should also come tell us what their problem is cos I am not understanding them again.

The full country self tire me

GTBank internet banking has been frustrating

I guess dats wat is affecting my browsing recently, someone can not open a site with peace without it not telling u to retry even after it has opened. To read through two lines alone na serious gobe

Nonsense, They Keep Giving Silly Reasons In Everything, Are We Using It For Fun? It's Really Affecting People's Business. Mtcheeeeew

ERORR404:
a yaba left patient's mental state is more stable than glo network.

Chai, this is a Savage comment from YabaLeft

It is we the end users that bears the brunt by paying for the poor services without refunds.