LAGOS: The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) announced that it is prepared to continue its “stable and competitive telecommunications market" by pushing a level playing field for all the country's operators. The statement comes as worries over the customer service relations between operators and customers in Nigeria have been on the downward swing in recent months. The NCC hopes that by getting shareholders involved in maintaining services will enable the overall sector to improve across the board. NCC Executive Vice-Chairman Eugene Juwah said the regulator “would address all factors that lead to unhealthy competition in the industry," he was quoted by local press as saying. In order to achieve these goals, “the commission in September engaged the services of KPMG Consulting to carry out a study on the current level of competition in the telecoms industry." To make this possible, the NCC has organized a stakeholders meeting in Lagos to “sample opinion and get input on the current level of competition in the telecoms industry." NCC said that consulting with shareholders “will seek to define the various markets for telecommunications services in the country; determine dominance in one or more telecoms market; provide guidance for mergers and acquisitions and takeovers to forestall anti-competition practices; and develop regulatory guidelines for competition in specific telecoms market, among other issues."
