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Left: Mr. Okechukwu Itanyi, Dr. Eugene Juwah,
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Mr. Tony Ojobo, Director, Public Affairs of NCC at the event
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The Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications
Commission (NCC), Dr. Eugene Juwah has said that the success of the Subscriber
Identification Module (SIM) cards registration would determine how success the
Number Portability (NP) soon to be introduced would be.
He made this known at a
recent media session with some IT Reporters and media chiefs at the Federal
Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, even as over 110,433,976 SIM cards have been
registered as at the time of filing this report.
According to him, the success of Number Portability
also rides on successful registration of SIM Cards and creation of SIM card
data base of integrity.
He also disclosed that NCC is currently in the
processed of harmonizing the process.
“… We are doing that at the moment,” he declared,
saying that the data is undergoing
through processing and cleaning at the NCC.
Juwah maintained that without a doubt, mobile Number
Portability will impact on the quality of service on various networks although
other cardinal steps are being taken to ensure that the service providers are
constantly kept on their toes to make them give the best services to their
subscribers.
He said that to this end, the Compliance and
Enforcement Unit has been strengthened to enable the Commission enforce its
regulations and directives.
Noting that recently the unit had embarked on a lot of
enforcement activities nationwide, he said it’s a painful action to take but NCC
realised that if it has to confront some key problems facing the industry like
quality of service, some organisations and individuals must be pulled into
line, which process would invariably cause some discomfort and corporate
embarrassment, not to mention financial loss.
“However, that notwithstanding, going forward more
vigorous enforcement actions are continuing,” he warned.
Just as he recalled that a fortnight ago, precisely on
February 17, 2012, the Commission’s Enforcement Unit carried out enforcement
actions against some mobile device dealers who flood our markets with non type
approved devices, which in turn affect quality of service of the various
networks.
“We have laid out comprehensive plans to further excite
the Communications sector,” he promised, saying that NCC has broad plans for broadband
deployment to enable it create and impact in the whole nation.
The EVC said that to implement this, NCC has adopted
the open access model as platform, in addition to resuscitating the Fixed Line
sector by giving out new licenses and in doing this to increase telephony
penetration.
The success of this twin action, he said, would give
Nigerians an enhanced choice of products and services to reduce overreliance on
mobile services and encourage internet usage.
The EVC was accompanied at the occasion by Mr. Okechukwu Itanyi, Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management, and Mr. Tony Ojobo, Director, Public Affairs of NCC among others.
Remmy Nweke
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