- Target:
- Nigerian Communications Commission
- Region:
- Nigeria
The mobile telephone industry in Nigeria has grown significantly over the past decade. Unfortunately, the growth in subscribers has not yielded an equivalent growth in network quality. Instead, GSM companies have turned their networks into media advert channels sold to other organizations.
The incessant barrage of unsolicited SMS messages received by users, besides being a constant nuisance, it also takes its toll on network resources otherwise utilized by paying subscribers. The GSM networks currently do not offer any way to unsubscribe from all these "free" messages, hidden under the guise of providing information.
This is an infringement on the basic consumer rights of any subscriber. The NCC and the CPC should protect mobile network subscribers from this abuse and exploitation by prohibiting these companies from sending unsolicited SMS messages or at the very least providing a way to unsubscribe from these messages.
We, Nigerian subscribers to mobile telephone networks, call on the NCC & the CPC to ensure all mobile telephone networks provide a well-advertised way for all consumers to unsubscribe from unsolicited SMS alerts and adverts.
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The Stop Unsolicited SMS Messages by Nigerian GSM Companies petition to Nigerian Communications Commission was written by Modupe Sanda and is in the category Consumer Affairs at GoPetition.