Agency Focuses On Collaboration, Compliance For Data Growth 

The Executive Chairman, Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida, has said the commission will foster growth in the telecoms industry by focusing on collaboration, compliance, data and quality of experience.
Aminu, who stated this during a special engagement with the media recently in Lagos, said the focus was to discuss his vision and strategy after spending 100 days in office.
The NCC boss noted that it was very vital to collaborate with stakeholders, who ranged from government agencies to the media, telecoms operators and consumers.
Maida also said the commission would focus more on being data centric, as the world was in a digital age.
He noted that as a regulator of the telecoms industry, it was necessary to leverage data to make informed decisions.
“We will be driving the collection of a lot of data from our stakeholders to project the work that we are doing, so that we can have a high level of transparency and accountability.
“Compliance is another driver we need to focus on. As a regulator that is  empowered by the Nigerian Communications Act (NCA) 2003, we have the power to hold our licensees to their obligations”, he said.
On stakeholders, the NCC boss revealed that the commission would be focusing on three major stakeholders: the telecoms consumers, the industry itself, and the government.
He added  that the commission would be focusing on the needs of each of these stakeholders, adding that it knew consumers, for example, are looking for total Quality of Experience (QoE).
The NCC boss said the commission would  be driving QoE right from the point of how they find and select telecoms services.
“We are also going to be working with our licensees on data tariff, speed and coverage. We are going to be working with our licensees to see how tariff can be simpler and more transparent,” he said.
He added further that the commission would also continue to enlighten consumers to understand the habits that drive greater data usage.