Telecommunications
regulator in the country, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is
tinkering on decommissioning some Value Added Service (VAS) Providers in the
country, reports ITREALMS.
This
follows the recent NCC investigations which showed that most of the VAS
providers are conniving with Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to defraud unsuspecting
telecom consumers.
ITREALMS investigations revealed that VAS
Operators in the country cut across Value Added Services (VAS) include Call Centre
services (CCS), Call Directory Services (CDS), Content Services Using Shortcodes
(SNC), Prepaid Calling Services (PPC) and Special Number Services (SNS), with membership largely drawn from the Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria (ATCON).
NCC
in a official communications available to ITREALMS of intention to sanction
some of the VAS operators depending on the magnitude of their involvement which
is under review at Maitama-Abuja office of the regulator.
ITREALMS gathered that the sanctions
could be suspension or outright decommission in the overall interests of telecom consumers.
“We wish to use this
opportunity to inform the general public that the Commission may suspend or
outrightly decommission some VAS platforms and services in the overall
interests of consumers.
“We assure consumers
that these measures will be implemented with minimal inconvenience to them, and
trust that we can count on the understanding of consumers who may be affected
by these measures,” official statement from NCC said in part.
Further, the
Commission assured all stakeholders of continuous use of all available
resources to protect the rights of consumers of telecoms services and to ensure
that they get appropriate value for their interactions with service and
platform providers.
Currently, ITREALMS confirms that Nigeria has some 368 VAS
operators as at the time of filing this report.
These, ITREALMS
also gathered comprised of Call
Centre Services (CCS) - 16; Call Directory Services (CDS) -6; Content Services
Using Shortcodes (SNC) - 336; Prepaid Calling Services (PPC) - 1; and Special
Number Services (SNS) - 9.
Remmy Nweke/ ED, Ops
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