Nigeria boycotts cell phones

Nigeria's National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS) called for a boycott of GSM phone usage last Friday in the country. The one day boycott was set up to try and persuade the network operators to lower their costs and improve coverage, according to Cellular News

Calls for the boycott were spread by a viral SMS, that read "Lets force GSM tariffs down. Join a mass protest: Switch off your GSM phone on Friday 19th 2003. They will lose millions. It worked in the US and Argentina. Spread this text"

emily | 8:45 AM | News, Buzz |
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