Faulty gadgets top complaints to BOCRA

Bent and broken: Complaints over faulty devices topped the grievances to BOCRA last year
Bent and broken: Complaints over faulty devices topped the grievances to BOCRA last year

The Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) says complaints about faulty gadgets were the most common type of grievance reported by consumers in the year to March 2023.

In its recently released annual report, BOCRA noted that it received a total of 33 complaints escalated from the regulated entities, compared to 27 in the year to March 2022.

Of these complaints in 2023, faulty gadgets headed the list, with most of these devices being home/office routers and cell phones. The authority also recorded four complaints relating to billing and interconnection. The billing complainants were advised to ensure that they cap their data usage to avoid incurring higher bills, especially for postpaid customers.


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