The Executive Vice-Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta says the commission is determined to provide qualitative services to subscribers.
\nDanbatta said this at a public inquiry on the transfer of licence and resources, including 800MHz spectrum from Visafone Communications Limited to MTN Nigeria held at the NCC headquarters Abuja.
\nHe said NCC\u2019s decision on the matter would also ensure the provision of qualitative and efficient telecommunications services throughout the country.
\n\u201cAs you are all aware, the demand for spectrum has increased due to emergence of disruptive innovations such as mobile broadband, Web applications, Cloud Computing (CC), internet of things and the proliferation of smart devices among others.
\n\u2018\u2018Consequently, in order to reap the benefits of effective utilization of spectrum as well as improve operational efficiency and regulatory excellence,
\n\u201cThe Commission in accordance with its mandate as\u00a0enshrined in the Nigerian Communications Act (NCA) 2003 embarked on re-planning of some of its frequency bands.\u201d
\nDanbatta said the public inquiry was\u00a0in line with the spirit of participatory regulation and the strategic objective of the commission to hold regular consultation with the industry stakeholders,
\nHe said the commission has decided to hold the inquiry to elicit inputs and comments from stakeholders to enable it draw important and beneficial contributions from their wealth of experience and research.
\nDuring the public inquiry, two major telecom operators in the country, 9Mobile and Airtel, opposed the proposed transfer of operating licence and resources, including 800MHz spectrum from Visafone Communication limited to MTN Nigeria, the Head of Regulatory Affairs, 9Mobile.
\nMr Chidozie Arinze, the Head of Regulatory Affairs, 9Mobile, said spectrum remains a scarce national resource available in limited quantity and as such cannot be leased to only MTN as an operator at the detriment of other operators.
\nHe argued that the 800MHz spectrum from Visafone must be managed in a more efficiently and must not be given to one operator in order not to create room for wider dominance of the market by MTN.
\nOn his part, the Airtel representative, Mr Lucky Ubani urged the NCC not to allow MTN acquire the spectrum as such step would extend its market dominance beyond voice segment, which he said could spell doom for the industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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