Posted by A growing number of consumers are beginning to express the opinion that new mobile telecom operator in Nigeria is being run like it is a government agency. Here is an example of a conversation that highlights this.
Be like say @ntelng is being run as a government parastatal. That can't be good @moverick
— Diary of a Geek (@DiaryOfAGeek) April 25, 2016
The unbelievable slow pace of roll out. And d attention they gave to the minister's visit. See their handle @ntelng https://t.co/w2wWAKrbFy
— Diary of a Geek (@DiaryOfAGeek) April 25, 2016
@DiaryOfAGeek I don't disbelieve you regarding @ntelng. Like a govt agency waiting for people to buy so they can do business @moverick
— Aunty Beht (@niis101) April 26, 2016
It is difficult to argue with the sentiments raised here. I am inclined to agree too. Ntel’s own tweets suggest that the company is more excited about the Minister of Communications Adebayo Shittu getting their SIM than they are about getting SIMs into the hands of actual subscribers. Another subscriber complains:
@ntelng I have tweeted at you 3 times no response. Eku Building o @DiaryOfAGeek @moverick
— Pst. Gbenro (@gbenro) April 26, 2016
This Ntel business is beginning to smell like the corpse of NITEL/Mtel. Is it that the new owners are members of the old guard and do not see that there is a new world requiring a new approach to doing business? Or is there something to this haphazard-looking execution that will spring pleasant surprises? What do you think?
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Anyone who believes anything will come out of ntel is probably living in another planet
Let’s wait and see, fingers crossed!
Hehehe.
No, I won t keep my fingers crossed.
Will still get my reserved sims though. If they don’t deliver on the data front. I’ll just toss them sims into the bin naaa…
Come oh, this ntel coverage doesn’t even have Lagos mainland at all! Who does that? These folks aren’t ready. Na by force to launch network?
LOL. The coverage ends at Adekunle from the island. Nice.