The Nigerian Communication Commission, NCC,has restated its commitment to protecting and empowering consumers from unfair practices by service providers irrespective of their class.
The assurance was based on the commission’s regulatory mandate of ensuring that consumers of telecommunications services deserved to get value for their money and to be treated right as very important stakeholders,The executive vice chairman, Prof.Garba Danbatta,has said.
He spoke at ongoing 33rd Enugu International Trade Fair in Enugu, where he also announced that NCC was on the verge of deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) network in Nigeria.
According to him,already, spectrum licenses for the companies that will roll out services have been issued.
He added: “Though the deployment will start from the state capital and gradually extends to other areas across the state, it is important to state that unlike 1G, 2G, 3G, and 4G, the 5G network will bring substantial network improvements , including higher connection speed, among others”.
He assured that as a consumer focused public sector institution, the NCC shall continue to commit to the provision of a high level playing ground for operators to thrive, promote investment, delivery of innovative services to individual consumers, among others.
He noted that NCC has been a long standing partner of ECCIMA, adding that the commission has continually held its special day programme at the fair.
