NCC hands down ultimatum to GSM operators on quality of service
By Jonah Iboma The Nigerian Communications Commission has cautioned GSM operators in the country to improve on quality of services offered to subscribers before the end of September or be ready to refund airtime to subscribers. In separate letters dated September 19, 2007 and published on its website with the title Notice of Intention to Issue Direction, NCC said it intended to act in accordance to its powers as provided in section 53 of the Nigerian Communications Act, 2003. According to the telecoms industry regulator, the move becomes necessary due to continued complaints by subscribers on the poor quality of services being offered by these networks and losses resulting from it. The NCC said if the poor services continued, it would enforce the sanction on the operators as from October 1, 2007. The letters read in part, “The commission is still being inundated with complaints from subscribers on the issue of poor and unacceptable level of quality of service on the networks of mobile ...