Apex telecommunications regulator, the Nigerian
Communications Commission (NCC) may have advanced plans to introduce automated
numbering system in the country, reports ITRealms.
Disclosing this to ITRealms in Lagos recently, the Executive
Vice Chairman and chief executive officer of NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta,
said that the Commission would soon launch this service.
“The automated system will be launched very soon by the
Commission,” he declared at a one-day consultative forum towards the
introduction of an automated numbering system in Nigeria held in Lagos.
EVC who was represented by the Executive Commissioner,
Technical Services, Mr. Ubale Maska, also described numbers as scarce
resources, noting that “one of the core functions of the Commission is to
ensure that this scarce resource is effectively and efficiently managed."
Equally speaking at the forum, Paul Dinwoke, CEO Molcon
Multiconcepts Limited, Consultants to NCC on the project also told the
participants that some of the benefits of the automated system include
convenience, transparency, efficiency, easy tracking, ability to choose number
options, and strengthening of online payment systems.
The forum was attended by many stakeholders, including
licensees of the Commission and staff, including Bako Wakil, Deputy Director
Technical Standards and Network Integrity who told the audience that the
deployment of automatic numbering management system is part of the NCC's efforts
to automate her business processes within and outside the Commission.
Chuks Egbune/GEE
Pix; L-R): Engr. Bako Wakil, Deputy Director, Technical Standards, NCC; Engr. Ubale Maska, Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, NCC; Engr. Kenneth Uzoekwe, Zonal Controller Lagos, NCC
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