Saturday, 26 October 2013

NCC attributes poor GSM services to inadequate base stations

Chuks Udo Okonta

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said the poor services offered by the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) providers are mainly due to inadequate base stations in the country.


Director, Public Affairs NCC, Tony Ojobo, who disclosed this in an interaction with journalists, said the commission is working closely with the operators to improve their services.

He pledged that comes next year, issues of drop calls, inability to recharge, abnormal billing and others, would no longer be, adding that NCC has being monitoring the operators to ensure they use the right infrastructure.

He debunked the belief that most telcos use sub-standard infrastructure, stressing that the number portability has raise the need for operators to improve their services as subscribers now have the choice to move to where they can get good services.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Airtel, Nigeria, Segun Ogunsanya, speaking on efforts made by operators, said about N4 trillion has been spent by telecommunications firms on infrastructure in the last 10 years

He added that telecoms operators have over 20,000 base stations for the over 120 million active lines.

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