Telecoms: NCS wants government to license more 3G operators
Seek biometric authentication for e-commerce
Jonah Iboma
The Nigerian Computer Society has asked the Federal Government to license more telecommunication operators to offer third generation mobile services in the country.
According to the body, issuing more licences was important as 3G services offered the country a window for increased job creation.
The President of NCS, Prof. Charles Uwadia, who stated this on Wednesday during a media conference on its recently-concluded national convention, noted that 3G technology offered a very quick means of fast-tracking internet access and improving businesses in Nigeria.
He said, “3G mobile communications services provide a window of opportunities for job creation in Nigeria. The Federal Government is thus urged through the Nigerian Communications Commission to grant additional licenses to increase the diffusion and deployment of GSM and Internet access in Nigeria.”
Currently Nigeria has issued four 3G licences to namely; Glo Mobile, MTN Nigeria, Zain and Alheri Engineering, a firm owned by the Dangote Group. Each cost of $100m.
While only Globacom and MTN have rolled out 3G services, Zain is yet to do so, while not much has been heard from Alheri on its plans to commence the service. However, Nigeria’s newest GSM Licensee, Etisalat has applied for the licence, stating that it was central to its plans for the Nigerian market in the future.
NCS, which is the central body of all organisations involved in computer and related businesses in the country, also called for the introduction of biometric authentication as a means of curbing increased theft of electronic payment cards in Nigeria.
Uwadia said, “This would protect the banker and their customer and is bound to trigger geometrical growth in e-commerce implementation in Nigeria.”
He added that biometric authentication was also important as electronic payment was very crucial towards accelerated socio-economic and technological development of Nigeria and that the courage of banks that had already invested in e-payment needed to be sustained through an improved security system.
The computer science professor also called for the creation of the enabling environment for the deployment of e-payment in the local government areas of Nigeria. He noted that with this, the incidents of corruption at the local government level would be drastically reduced, while government revenue would be better captured.
He said NCS had also recommended to the government that the time had come for Nigeria to begin training of selected civil servants in Computer Forensics and also require higher institutions to establish Computer Forensics departments for the training of more experts to combat internet crime.
Jonah Iboma
The Nigerian Computer Society has asked the Federal Government to license more telecommunication operators to offer third generation mobile services in the country.
According to the body, issuing more licences was important as 3G services offered the country a window for increased job creation.
The President of NCS, Prof. Charles Uwadia, who stated this on Wednesday during a media conference on its recently-concluded national convention, noted that 3G technology offered a very quick means of fast-tracking internet access and improving businesses in Nigeria.
He said, “3G mobile communications services provide a window of opportunities for job creation in Nigeria. The Federal Government is thus urged through the Nigerian Communications Commission to grant additional licenses to increase the diffusion and deployment of GSM and Internet access in Nigeria.”
Currently Nigeria has issued four 3G licences to namely; Glo Mobile, MTN Nigeria, Zain and Alheri Engineering, a firm owned by the Dangote Group. Each cost of $100m.
While only Globacom and MTN have rolled out 3G services, Zain is yet to do so, while not much has been heard from Alheri on its plans to commence the service. However, Nigeria’s newest GSM Licensee, Etisalat has applied for the licence, stating that it was central to its plans for the Nigerian market in the future.
NCS, which is the central body of all organisations involved in computer and related businesses in the country, also called for the introduction of biometric authentication as a means of curbing increased theft of electronic payment cards in Nigeria.
Uwadia said, “This would protect the banker and their customer and is bound to trigger geometrical growth in e-commerce implementation in Nigeria.”
He added that biometric authentication was also important as electronic payment was very crucial towards accelerated socio-economic and technological development of Nigeria and that the courage of banks that had already invested in e-payment needed to be sustained through an improved security system.
The computer science professor also called for the creation of the enabling environment for the deployment of e-payment in the local government areas of Nigeria. He noted that with this, the incidents of corruption at the local government level would be drastically reduced, while government revenue would be better captured.
He said NCS had also recommended to the government that the time had come for Nigeria to begin training of selected civil servants in Computer Forensics and also require higher institutions to establish Computer Forensics departments for the training of more experts to combat internet crime.
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