“Why we are sanctioning telecoms operators” - NCC

Sanctions are to help telecoms
operators in becoming more
productive, former NCC board
chairman Mr Oluwale Ige has
said. He said sanctions and
fines in the industry will help
telecoms operators to be more
responsive and pro-active in
providing service.
Ige who is a former Chairman
of the Nigerian
Communications Commission
(NCC) Board, said in Abuja that
the essence of sanctions was to
put operators on their toes in the area of quality service delivery and also to assure them that the
commission was watching closely their activities.
Ige said the sanctions should not be seen as punishment, but as a tool to tackle low level of productivity
in the telecoms industry. ``It depends on your definition of sanctions. If you look at sanctions as
punishment, you will sit up. Sanction is a stepping stone for telecoms operators to re-examine their
operations. It is not punishment, but something to ginger them up to be pro-active and to be more
positive beyond their environment,’’ he said.
Ige also pointed out that telecoms operators do not operate in isolation, and there was the need for
compliance adding that the reason for introducing Mobile Number Portability (MNP) was to enhance
competition among telecoms operators so as improve on the quality of service.
``The MNP is a system which enables a subscriber to move from one network to another if not satisfied
with the quality of service, without changing his or her SIM number,” he said.

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