LAGOS: At a media session held with a number IT Reporters and media chiefs at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Abuja, Eugene Juwah, the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), said that the success of the Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards registration would determine how successful the Number Portability (NP) soon to be introduced would be. According to Juwah, the success of Number Portability also depends on successful registration of SIM Cards and creation of SIM card data based of integrity. He maintained that without a doubt, mobile Number Portability will positively affect the quality of service on various networks. Other measures are also being taken to ensure that the country's 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. To this effect, the unit had embarked on a lot of enforcement activities nationwide which is painful but a necessary action to take. He said NCC realized that if it has to confront some key problems facing the industry like quality of service, some organizations and individuals must be pulled into line, which process would cause some discomfort and corporate embarrassment, as well as financial loss. “However, that notwithstanding, going forward more vigorous enforcement actions are continuing,” he warned at the meeting. He promised that NCC has broad plans for broadband deployment to enable it create and impact in the whole nation. 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 enhance Nigerians choice of products and services to reduce over reliance on mobile services and encourage Internet usage. BM ShortURL: http://goo.gl/XD6mF Tags: Mobile, Nigeria, Portability, SIM Section: Latest News, Tech, West Africa
