If you are a telecom consumer what kind of complaint can you experience?
Your complaint can be related to the services provided by the telecom operators and their related infrastructure. The nature of complaints may include:
- Provision of Service (Activation / Restoration / Closure);
- Quality of Service (Disruption / Faults in service, Poor QoS);
- Matters related to Billing (Overcharging, Unjustified deductions / Tariffs);
- Misuse of Service (Obnoxious, Unsolicited & Fraudulent calls/SMSs);
- Illegal Practices (illegal transfer of connections/ownership/issuance of SIMs /duplicate SIMs, etc.);
- Verification Issues (user information/illegal use of ID/Issuance of multiple SIMs on same ID);
- Poor Customer Services (Redressal of Grievances/Helpline Issues);
- Misleading Statements (Misleading advertisement, hiding facts about service and tariffs, etc.);
- Non availability of service in an area (coverage issue);
- Value Added Services (GPRS, Packages);
- Fault in Services;
- Withdrawal of Services.
If you have a complaint, what should you do?
- You should make contact with your concerned service provider.
What are the modes of lodging consumer complaints with service provider?
Please go to the link of List of Operators for details of operators/service providers to get details on the information of lodging complaints (www.anc.tl/list-of-operatos/).
Requirements for lodging complaint to service provider?
Service provider may ask of the following information while lodging your complaint
- Your name, contact and complaint details.
What information you should ask from service provider while lodging complaint?
- Complaint Reference Number;
- Consumer Account Number;
- Redressal timeline of Complaints;
- Escalation path in case your complaint is not resolved within stated timeline.
If your complaint has not been resolved at operator’s end, what can you do?
- You can make contact with ANC for resolution of your complaint.
What are the modes of lodging consumer complaints with ANC?
At Consumer Protection Unit, ANC Head Office Díli.
- Download, complete and submit “Consumer Complaint Form” by hand delivery or via email to: consumerprotection@anc.tl.
What information is required for lodging complaint to ANC?
Following information shall be mandatory before accepting a complaint.
- Name, contact details of the complainant;
- Unique Complaint Reference Number and Consumer Account Number given by the respective service provider to the complainant;
- Time of lodging complaint to operator/Expiry of the timeline provided by the service provider to the complainant for the redressal of the said complaint;
- Brief details of the nature of the complaint.
What information you should ask from ANC?
- Complaint Register No.;
- You shall be communicated with the redressal timeline/status of your complaint.
What types of complaints ANC has no jurisdiction to entertain?
- Complaints regarding internal HR matters within the operators;
- Complaints regarding bilateral business agreements between operator and any third party e.g. Operator-franchise/Card Retailers relationships;
- Complaints regarding site installation of mobile towers.