NCC Upbeat About 2013

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it will focus its energies on number portability; the conclusion of SIM card registration exercise; and the auctioning of broadband spectrum licenses in the coming year.

The commission also said it will pursue aggressive broadband deployment in more cities and communities across the country.

Dr. Eugene Juwah, executive vice chairman of NCC, while taking stock of the year promised a better 2013 and said the commission would pursue efforts that will help maintain the tripod upon which the industry stands; government, consumers and the operators.

Juwah, who was represented by Mr. Reuben Muoka, head of Media and Publicity at a media parley in Lagos said  “All these are activities, which the commission has lined up for next year, within the first quarter of the year, and they are meant to cushion the effect of the challenges of poor service quality that rocked the telecoms industry this year,”

Juwah said the commission would as from next year instill stiffer regulations that would attract sanctions to any operator that will not meet the standards set out by the NCC in maintaining best service quality.

He explained that NCC had commenced another round of quality test on all networks as earlier promised, and that any operator that does not meet up with the commission’s Key Performance Indicator (KPI) test standard, would face outright sanction.