The Executive Vice
Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Dr. Eugene Juwah has
declared that data services is the next frontier of service offering that
deserves attention of all stakeholders in the telecommunications sector in
Nigeria, report DigitalSENSE
Business News.
Dr. Juwah told DigitalSENSE Business
News at his opening address at the 76th Edition of the
Repackaged Telecoms Consumer Parliament, Thursday tagged “Data Service Delivery:
The Way Forward” in Lagos, that the time voice was on the top of agenda for investors.
According to him, with an increasing demand for data,
service providers have no choice than to improve on their data machineries to
ensure Nigerians, for instance would enjoy the best of data.
He pointed out to DigitalSENSE Business
News that it is a known fact that Nigeria today is the fastest growing
telecommunications market in Africa since the deregulation of the industry.
“The transformation of
Telecom industry has led to more Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs), employment,
and efficient business transactions among others,” he said, emphasizing the
importance of ICT in the development path of a nation.
For a country of about
180m people as at 2014, Juwah told DigitalSENSE Business
News that with over 130m subscriber base, Nigeria cannot afford to be
contented.
“ICT remains a priority
of the Federal Government and an important sector in the transformation agenda
of President Goodluck Jonathan administration for strong, inclusive,
non-inflationary growth using ICT as the major driver for transformation. Mr. President requires us to ensure that ICT
facilities are extended to all citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,”Juwah
said.
Pointing out that Internet
and broadband have been globally acknowledged as the foundation for the
nation’s transformation to a knowledge-based economy, he stressed that the path
to an efficient broadband service in Nigeria has been a long and difficult one.
DigitalSENSE Business
News further gathered from Juwah that Internet connectivity has come a long
way from a single international submarine cable system with 340GB total
capacity installed in 2001 (SAT3) to four cable systems with international
bandwidth capacity of over nine Terra bits in 2012.
Despite progress made,
Juwah told DigitalSENSE
Business News that Nigeria is still a far cry from achieving what is
considered global broadband standards even among other developing countries.
He lamented the kind
of service being offered by most service providers, describing it as “worrisome”
especially those service providers who sell to their subscribers, all in the
name of 3G, while some even canvassed to have 4G but nothing has changed in
data services.
Some of the dignitaries at the repackaged Lagos Telecom Consumer Parliament include the chairman of NCC, Mr. Peter Igoh, Executive Commissioners, His Excellency Okey Itanyi, Engr. Ubaka Maska, Director, Consumer Affairs Bureau (CAB) at NCC, Mrs. Maryam Biyi and Deputy Director, Dr. J.O. Atoyebi, Director, Public Affairs, Mr. Tony Ojobo, Commissioner Dr. Mike Onyia among others.
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Pix: Juwah, Igoh and Itanyi at the TCP in Lagos.
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