Airtel gets kudos for Role in enterprise development

From left: Chairman Planning Committee, Association of Private Educators in Nigeria (APEN), Olufunke Fowler-Amba; Senior Manager, Small& Medium Enterprises, Airtel, Unu Eke; members BOT, APEN, Adenike Adamolekun and Maggi Ibru at the 5^{th Annual Conference of APEN in Lagos.}

Chuks Udo Okonta

The Association of Private Educators in Nigeria (APEN) has commended leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, for creating an array of robust and innovative telecommunications solutions to enhance and develop Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises across the country.

Speaking recently during the 5^{th Annual Conference of the Association, the Chairman, Dr. Olufemi Ogunsanya, said Airtel is leading innovation in the Enterprise Business as it has consistently created a bouquet of value offerings to empower entrepreneurs and enable them succeed in their business operations.}

Specifically, Dr. Ogunsanya who is also the Managing Director of Oxbridge Tutorial Colleges commended Airtel for its Entreprise Packages including customized email solutions, website, Closed User Group (CUG), Cloud services and bespoke telecommunications platforms to enhance business performance.

"I am impressed by the products and services introduced to us by Airtel. I am excited and want to commend Airtel for leading innovation in the telecommunications sector and for creating specific offerings to boost enterprises," she said.

Themed, "Leap, Achieve, Succeed," the event was a gathering of top-brow private schools across Nigeria and it provided a platform for school owners, parents, education experts from other countries and dealers in educational materials to brainstorm on effective teaching, ways to improve education and services rendered by private schools.

Unu Eke, Senior Manager, Small and Medium Enterprises (Sales) for Airtel Nigeria made a presentation on Airtel’s Enterprise solutions just as the conference also featured the exhibition of educational materials ranging from books, clothes, electronic teaching aids and other products.

The event was attended by several top dignitaries including Lagos State Commissioner of Education, Mrs Olayinka Oladunjoye; Chairman/CEO Channels Television John Momoh; CEO, Sahara Group, Tonye Cole and Oladokun Oye, Zonal Business Manager, Corporate & Postpaid, Lagos Region, Airtel Nigeria.

The 5th APEN Annual Conference held from Thursday, 31st October to Saturday, 2nd November, 2013 at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Lagos.

 

 

 

 

ICT Priorities in Brazil - Enterprise ICT investment plans to 2013

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Product Synopsis

This report presents the findings from a survey of 163+ Brazilian enterprises regarding their Information and Communication Technology (ICT) investment priorities. The survey investigates the core technologies which German enterprises are investing in, including the likes of enterprise applications, security, mobility, communications and collaboration, and Cloud Computing.

Introduction and Landscape

Why was the report written?
In order to provide deeper insights into Brazilian enterprises' ICT investment priorities and strategic objectives.

What is the current market landscape and what is changing?
Brazilian enterprises are demonstrating an increasingly positive trend in the adoption of IT which is expected to continue in 2013.

What are the key drivers behind recent market changes?
Brazilian enterprises are continuously looking to adopt green IT and virtualization, cloud computing, mobility, and business intelligence solutions - primarily to reduce their costs, enhance operational efficiencies, achieve sustainability, and improve customer service and experience.

What makes this report unique and essential to read?
Kable Global ICT Intelligence has invested significant resources in order to interview CIOs and IT managers about their IT investment priorities. Very few IT analyst houses will have interviewed 163+ ICT decision makers in the Brazilian market in H2 2012.

Key Features and Benefits

Recognize Brazilian enterprises' strategic objectives with regards to their ICT investments.

Identify Brazilian enterprises' investment priorities based on their budget allocations across core technology categories such as enterprise applications, security, mobility, communications and collaboration, and cloud computing, etc.

Learn about the drivers that are influencing Brazilian enterprises' investments in each technology category.

Establish how Brazilian enterprises' IT budgets are currently allocated across various segments within a technology category.

Gain insight into how Brazilian enterprises plan to change their IT budget allocations across various segments within a technology category.

Key Market Issues

Rapid economic growth and favourable business conditions are allowing Brazilian enterprises to spend more on expanding their businesses. This is apparent from Kable's survey which indicates a vast majority of respondents expecting to increase their ICT budgets in 2013, in comparison to 2012.

The security market in Brazil is driven by multiple factors such as growing regulatory compliance and an increasing incidence of cyber and malware attacks.

Brazilian enterprises are prioritizing investments in SCM, PLM, and CLM, as on an average 55% of respondents plan to invest in these areas in the next two years.

The need to manage and archive ever-increasing volumes of corporate data in a consistent and compliant manner is driving the demand for enterprise content management (ECM) solutions.

There is an increase in adoption of virtualization solutions amongst Brazilian enterprises, in order to reduce overall IT costs and increase scalability of their ICT infrastructures.

Key Highlights

Brazilian CIOs and IT managers are focusing much of their efforts towards improving security and standardising their IT infrastructure across departments, with respondents rating them X and X on a scale of 1 to 4.

The need for enterprises to keep their mobile workforces connected to corporate networks in order to improve efficiency and ensure smooth running of day-to-day operations is forcing companies in Brazil to invest in mobility solutions.

The demand for communications and collaboration solutions is increasing amongst Brazilian enterprises of all sizes, since they help in reducing travel time and costs and improve productivity.

According to Kable's survey, 85% of enterprises in Brazil are currently using business intelligence tools, and an impressive 82% are planning further investments in the next two years.

Adoption of cloud computing is set to witness an upward momentum amongst Brazilian enterprises, with hybrid cloud likely to emerge as the most preferred area of investment in the next two years.
1 Enterprise ICT investment trends
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Survey demographics
1.3 ICT budget changes
1.4 Strategic objectives
1.5 Core technology investment priorities
2 Detailed ICT investment priorities
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Enterprise applications
2.3 Business intelligence
2.4 Security
2.5 Content management
2.6 Mobility
2.7 IT systems management
2.8 Communications and collaboration
2.9 Green IT and virtualization
2.1 Cloud computing solutions
3 Summary
3.1 Brazilian enterprises are optimistic about increasing their investments in various advanced technologies
4 Appendix
4.1 Definitions
4.2 Further reading
4.3 Contact the authors

List of Tables

Table 1: Brazilian enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Table 2: Brazilian enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Table 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among Brazilian enterprises
Table 4: Current strategic objectives of Brazilian enterprises
Table 5: Current and future investment priorities of Brazilian enterprises across core technologies
Table 6: Enterprise applications - Brazilian enterprises' current and future investment priorities
Table 7: Business intelligence - Brazilian enterprises' current and future investment priorities
Table 8: Security - Brazilian enterprises' current and future investment priorities
Table 9: Content management - Brazilian enterprises' current and future investment priorities
Table 10: Mobility - Brazilian enterprises' current and future investment priorities
Table 11: IT systems management - Brazilian enterprises' current and future investment priorities
Table 12: Communications and collaboration - Brazilian enterprises' current and future investment priorities
Table 13: Green IT and virtualization - Brazilian enterprises' current and future investment priorities
Table 14: Cloud computing solutions - Brazilian enterprises' current and future investment priorities

List of Figures

Figure 1: Brazilian enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Figure 2: Brazilian enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Figure 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among Brazilian enterprises
Figure 4: Current strategic objectives of Brazilian enterprises
Figure 5: Current and future investment priorities of Brazilian enterprises across core technologies
Figure 6: Enterprise applications - Brazilian enterprises' current and future investment priorities
Figure 7: Business intelligence - Brazilian enterprises' current and future investment priorities
Figure 8: Security - Brazilian enterprises' current and future investment priorities
Figure 9: Content management - Brazilian enterprises' current and future investment priorities
Figure 10: Mobility - Brazilian enterprises' current and future investment priorities
Figure 11: IT systems management - Brazilian enterprises' current and future investment priorities
Figure 12: Communications and collaboration - Brazilian enterprises' current and future investment priorities
Figure 13: Green IT and virtualization - Brazilian enterprises' current and future investment priorities
Figure 14: Cloud computing solutions - Brazilian enterprises' current and future investment priorities


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ICT experts condemn Central Bank’s partnership with foreign firm



CBN building


Oluwaseyi Bangudu

Some experts in the field of Information and Communication Technology, ICT, have expressed dissatisfaction with the decisions of Nigerian government agencies to work with foreign firms on local projects, instead of partnering with local firms.

This outburst was triggered by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s decision to work with a foreign firm on the banking industry biometric solutions project. The regulatory body yesterday signed a Banking Industry Biometric Solutions Project agreement with Demalorg BMS, a German company.

The agreement was in furtherance of the regulatory body’s decision to achieve more reliable, technology driven, fraud-free banking services delivery. By the terms of the agreement, the first phase of the project would connect the Central Data point to at least one branch of each bank, the Central Bank and the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System, NIBSS, within 90 days; after which the second phase, which will ensure full capture of biometric details of all bank customers nationwide, will commence and be completed within 12 months.

The objective of the project, which is to cost about $50 million, is to provide a centralised platform through which banks may enroll and uniquely verify the identity of each customer for ‘know your customer,’ KYC purposes, perform credit checks, verify customer’s integrity and authenticate customers from a point of transaction device.

The Central Bank Governor, Lamido Sanusi, said the project represented a major landmark in the Bankers Committee’s efforts aimed at promoting financial inclusion drive, expansion of banking services, access to credit and more importantly, dealing with Know Your Customer (KYC), money laundering and other challenges the industry is still contending with.

It is also expected to help in complementing the other projects embarked on by various government agencies, including the National Identity Card project, to build a single identification database for all Nigerians.

Though the project is for a good cause, the ICT experts say these jobs could have been done by local ICT organisations and experts as outsourcing local projects closes the opportunities for more employment and poverty eradication. They insisted that the job could have been bided for and even if a foreign firm wins the bid, the condition would have been for it to work closely with a local firm.

Ibrahim Dasuki Makande, Former Minister of State, Communications, said the nation is under the colonialism of foreign technology.

"The challenge we have as a country is that we are under colonialism, digitally. We are being colonised by Technology. The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria just awarded a foreign firm the biometric project of the banking industry," he said.

Mr. Makande said this at the fifth edition of the West African Information and Communications Technology (WAFICT) congress, which held Thursday, in Lagos.

"This means the Central Bank will hand over all our data to a foreign firm. This firm will take all our data, in the name of working on the project. It means that someone can just hold us to ransom. This concept of outsourcing should be addressed. Nigerian firms are outsourcing their projects to foreign firms, including the networks, to foreign companies," he added.

"We cannot afford to lose out on this sector. We are making money, yes; dividends, No. How do we get dividends? What we have is capital flight. Money that has been made in Nigeria is taken to other countries. We have able young men and women who can do these jobs, young Nigerian Engineers who can man these jobs. I believe we are all colonised. What this means is that firms that do these jobs locally can lose their jobs," he said, adding that aside these, outsourcing poses security challenges.

"We must look at this. We are talking of insurgency. It is not limited to the North. It is a Nigerian issue. We have to end poverty and unemployment challenges" he said.

Emmanuel Ekuwem, former President, Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) said outsourcing also has negative effects on the Naira.

"When you export, the Naira is strengthened but when you import, the Naira is weakened" he said, urging organisations to maximise local human resources and talent. He also urged foreign ICT firms that have been operating in the nation to establish plants and assembly companies in the country, to aid employment.

The congress brought together telecom regulators and operators across the sub-region to chart the course for the industry’s growth. Organised by IT & Telecom Digest Magazine, WAFICT 2013, with the theme, ‘Bringing Digital Dividends to West Africa: Tackling the Challenges Posed by Legal and Regulatory Frameworks’, the congress is a platform established to hear the governments and regulators in West Africa talk on their policies, plans, and strategies aimed at encouraging operators to bring digital dividends to people of the sub-region.

 

 

 

Source: Premium Times

 

 

 



 



Google empowers Nigerian businesses with apps for greater productivity

·         Reduces IT costs by over 35%   

Chuks Udo Okonta

 

Google recently organised a breakfast session at the Southern Sun Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos, to provide businesspeople in Nigeria with the opportunity to learn about Google Enterprise services, with a special focus on Google Apps for Business.  

Google Apps for Business facilitates greater productivity, easier teamwork and collaboration, more flexibility, reliability and security, and also helps businesses save money.  The Apps include Google Search, Gmail for business, Google Chrome, Google Maps, Google Calendar, and the Google Cloud platform.  

The event, which was sponsored by leading IT Solutions companies, DataGroup IT and Descasio Limited was well attended by senior executives from small, medium and large scale organisations.

Regional Manager, Google Enterprise, Shai Morgan, through  a presentation on how Google’s Search Appliance can help customers find relevant information on business websites, explained that the Google App suite offers simple communication and collaboration tools for businesses of all sizes, all hosted by Google in the cloud, to simplify set-up, minimize maintenance and reduce IT costs.

Morgan added that with Google Groups and integrated Instant Messaging (IM), users can stay connected while on the move.  “With Google Docs, users can share files and work together in real time, ensuring that everyone is working on the same version of a document all at the same time”, he said.

Google Apps help businesses manage electronic communications effectively and at low costs. They are already being used by leading businesses in West Africa, including Transcorp Plc, Churchgate Group and Fidelity Bank, Ghana. According to President/CEO of Transcorp, Obinna Ufudo, “We operate a lean structure at the corporate centre. Our subsidiaries are located in other cities and our business requires employees to work in different locations. Therefore, we needed a robust email solution that addresses our concerns about reliability, convenience, security, ease of use and accessibility. Compared to other email solutions, Google Apps has been ideal for us.”  

Similarly, Churchgate chose Google Apps in 2012 to fulfill its need for email storage space and for consistent, constant and reliable communication between the company and its customers. Prior to the change, Churchgate was using another solution but, as Head of IT for Churchgate, Manjunath Bhat, explains, “Storage was limited because of server space and, because it has always been vital that we store all of our emails given that any one of them could contain key information, we adopted Google Apps.”  

Bhat is grateful that Descasio Limited, a Nigerian-based Google Apps Authorized reseller encouraged them to make the switch.

 “During the pilot stage of the move, Churchgate was delighted to discover that Google Apps provided exactly what we needed in terms of large mail storage space and handling communication among the different geographies we operate in,” he said.

 By synchronizing their mailbox with employees’ mobile devices, they can stay up to speed with information and updates at every project stage, no matter where they are. They are also able to reduce the cost of IT infrastructure. The Head of IT disclosed that “we have achieved a reduction in operation cost and IT expenditure of over 35 percent since switching to Google Apps.”

Paper by Director, Policy and Competition

Director, Policy and Competition

NCC Mrs. Lolia Emakpore

CONFIRMATION OF REASONABLENESS OF SERVICES FOR FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY: TRENDS, CHALLENGES & WAY FORWARD

Presented by





Mrs. Lolia S. Emakpore

Director, Policy and Competition

Nigerian Communications Commission


　

November 05, 2013

OUTLINE Introduction
Types of Intangible Telecommunication Services
Trends
Subsisting Guidelines & Industry Dynamics
Challenges
Way Forward
Conclusion
　

INTRODUCTION
The Confirmation of Reasonableness of Services (CRS)is a regulatory collaborative and support initiative between Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)
The CRS is based on CBN Regulations on International trade transactions
NCC provides expert advise to CBN on Reasonableness of Transactions and remittances for intangible goods.
CRS commenced in 2002 with focus on telecom intangible


INTRODUCTION
NCC developed the initial Guidelines for CRS application processing 2003, after an industry consultation, incorporating the expectations from Key Stakeholders, Bankers, Operators and the Vendors.


INTRODUCTION ..Contd.
Imperatives for Confirmation of Reasonablessness of Service are to:
Check Capital Flights
Encourage Development of Telecom Software Skills and Local Contents in Nigeria
Ensure efficient utilization of Forex by the Telecoms companies.
Control of Forex Round Tripping
Bridge the gap between Telecoms Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) and CRS remittances


TYPES OF INTANGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES
These include:

International Roaming traffic service for voice and SMS

Bandwidth Service for internet and data traffic

Interconnection Services

Software Purchases for Network Expansion and System upgrades

Software License renewal and Network integrity Maintenance

Blackberry Services and arrangements with Research in Motion.


TRENDS
Over the years, the NCC processed CRS invoices applications running into millions of pounds sterling, dollars and euro currencies as follows.


TRENDS
Increase in Software Purchase for Network Expansion and Upgrades
Software remittances accounts for over 40% of the total cost of CRS processed over the last three years as shown in the Table above.
NCC processed and approved over 5,580 Invoices in the Telecoms Industry between 2010 and 2013.
Over 745 applications were declined due to integrity tests, ranging from over-invoicing, expired contract agreements, as well as duplications of invoices, etc.

GUIDELINES ON CRS PROCESSING
Sequel to the 2009 forum, the NCC developed the following guidelines:
Invoice authentication (duly signed, dated and numbered)
Invoices submitted must not be dated beyond(6 months) at the time of presentation to the NCC
Early commencement of expiring contract agreements
Provision of Job Completion Certificates & Site Inspection(where necessary)
Separation of software and hardware components in the invoices, etc
Independent verifications and third party confirmation of prices
The processing time line of 14 days from the date of receipt of CRS applications from the Banks.


INDUSTRY DYNAMICS
Due to Global Trends and Rapid Technology Changes
There is a need to Review the current CRS Guidelines and Procedures to reflect industry dynamics
The reviewed CRS guidelines would address emerging challenges.


CHALLENGES
The current challenges experienced processing include:
Over due invoices – over six months from date of issue.
Submission of invoices with Job completion date that is over two or three years
Expired Contract Agreements
Lumping invoices for software and the associated hardware elements
Operators distributing same set of CRS invoices applications to two or more different Banks for processing
Bankers requiring the NCC to approve Contract Agreements between Operators and Vendors


CHALLENGES.. Contd.
Delay in receiving responses from operators on queries raised during processing.
Invoices do not reflect amounts stated in the contract agreements
Incomplete Documentations
Invoices not duly signed by Operators and vendors (signature, date, name of signatory, company stamp, etc) by both parties.
Arithmetic errors in Bank letters and invoices
Aggressive follow-up of CRS applications by Vendors
　

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
The following are proposed amendments to the existing CRS procedures:
Invoices submitted to the NCC must not be dated more than 6 months from the date of Job completion.
Extension of the initial 14 days processing cycle to 15 working-day cycle
Basic Operating Software with associated Hardware components does not qualify for CRS processing.


PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
Bank should reflect each Vendor invoices rather than multiple Vendors’ invoices combined in one application/letter.
Invoices submitted on expired contract agreements shall be declined.
Submission of same set of invoices by Operators to multiple Banks shall be sanctioned


PROPOSED AMENDMENTS Operators to submit certificate of delivery and installation of software within three months of completion specifying:
(i) Location (ii)Date of Installation (iii)Expiration date (iv)Specification of the intangible products
NCC will monitor from time to time the installation and deployment of approved software and other related intangible services on the operators’ networks
　



CONCLUSION
Need to develop local capacity and skills in Software development aimed at reducing forex remittances, increased local content and creating employment as well as entrepreneur opportunities.
　
　
　

THANK YOU
　

　

　

　

　


　

 

 

 

 

 

Paper on CONFIRMATION OF REASONABLENESS OF SERVICES FOR FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY: TRENDS, CHALLENGES & WAY FORWARD Presented NCC

CONFIRMATION OF REASONABLENESS OF SERVICES FOR FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY: TRENDS, CHALLENGES & WAY FORWARD

　
　

Presented by

Mrs. Lolia S. Emakpore

Director, Policy and Competition

Nigerian Communications Commission

　
November 05, 2013

OUTLINE

Introduction

Types of Intangible Telecommunication Services

Trends

Subsisting Guidelines & Industry Dynamics

Challenges

Way Forward

Conclusion

　

INTRODUCTION

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) requested for regulatory collaboration and support from the NCC for the Confirmation of Reasonableness of Services (CRS)

For Telecoms related transactions, since 2002.

NCC provides expert advise to CBN on CRS Transactions remittances

The CRS is based on CBN Regulations on International trade transactions

INTRODUCTION

NCC took over this regulatory oversight to support the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

NCC developed the initial Guidelines for CRS application processing 2003, highlighting the expectations from the Bankers, Operators and the Vendors in respect of the CRS invoices.

INTRODUCTION ..Contd.

The imperative of carrying out the CRS function includes:

To Check Capital Flights

To Encourage Development of Telecom Software Skills and Local Contents in Nigeria

To Ensure efficient utilization of Forex by the Telecoms companies.

To Control of Forex Round Tripping

To bridge the gap between Telecoms Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) and CRS remittances

TYPES OF INTANGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

These include:

International Roaming traffic service for voice and SMS

Bandwidth Service for internet and data traffic

Interconnection Services

Software Purchases for Network Expansion and System upgrades

Software License renewal and Network integrity Maintenance

Blackberry Services and arrangements with Research in Motion.

TRENDS

Over the years, the NCC processed CRS invoices applications running into billions of dollars and millions of pounds sterling and euro currencies as follows.

TRENDS

Increase in Software Purchase for Network Expansion and Upgrades

Software remittances accounts for over 40% of the total cost of CRS processed over the last three years as shown in the Table above.

NCC processed and approved over 5,580 Invoices in the Telecoms Industry between 2010 and 2013.

Over 745 applications were declined due to integrity tests, ranging from over-invoicing, expired contract agreements, as well as duplications of invoices, etc.

GUIDELINES ON CRS PROCESSING

Sequel to the 2009 forum, the NCC developed the following guidelines:

Invoice authentication (duly signed, dated and numbered)

Invoices submitted must not be dated beyond(6 months) at the time of presentation to the NCC

Early commencement of expiring contract agreements

Provision of Job Completion Certificates & Site Inspection(where necessary)

Separation of software and hardware components in the invoices, etc

Independent verifications and third party confirmation of prices

The processing time line of 14 days from the date of receipt of CRS applications from the Banks.

　

　

INDUSTRY DYNAMICS

Due to Global Trends and Rapid Technology Changes

There is a need to Review the current CRS Guidelines and Procedures to reflect industry dynamics

The reviewed CRS guidelines would address emerging challenges.

　

　

　

CHALLENGES

The current challenges experienced in CRS invoices processing:

Over due invoices – over six months from date of issue.

Submission of invoices with Job completion date that is over two or three years

Expired Contract Agreements

Lumping invoices for software and the associated hardware elements

Operators distributing same set of CRS invoices applications to two or more different Banks for processing

Bankers requiring the NCC to approve Contract Agreements between Operators and Vendors

　

　

CHALLENGES.. Contd.

Delay in receiving responses from operators on queries raised during processing.

Invoices do not reflect amounts stated in the contract agreements

Incomplete Documentations

Invoices not duly signed by Operators and vendors (signature, date, name of signatory, company stamp, etc) by both parties.

Wrong calculations and arithmetic errors in Bank letters and invoices

Aggressive follow-up of CRS applications by Vendors

　

　

　

　

　

　

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

we propose the following amendments to the existing CRS procedures:

Invoices submitted to the NCC must not be dated more than 6 months from the date of Job completion.

Extension of the initial 14 days processing cycle to 15 working days

Basic Operating Software with associated Hardware components does not qualify for CRS processing.

　

　

　

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

Bank should reflect each Vendor invoices rather than multiple Vendors’ invoices combined in one application/letter.

Invoices submitted on expired contract agreements shall be declined.

Submission of same set of invoices by Operators to multiple Banks shall be sanctioned

　

　

　

　

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

Operators to submit certificate of delivery and installation of software within three months of completion specifying:

(i) Location (ii)Date of Installation (iii)Expiration date (iv)Specification of the intangible products

NCC will monitor from time to time the installation and deployment of approved software and other related intangible services on the operators’ networks

　

　

　

　

NEED TO DEVELOP LOCAL CONTENT

Need to develop local content and skills on imported Telecom Software, such as:

VAS, BSS software among others.

Propose a 3-year Plan

Reduce Forex Remittances

　

　

CONCLUSION

The NCC would therefore appreciate inputs from this forum towards the development of new CRS Guidelines.

Nigerian Communications Commission picture

Members of staff Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) at the event.