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Telecoms record 9,077 service outages in Q2 2020, says NCC

byOge Udegbunam
August 26, 2020
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Mobile network operators in the country recorded 9,077 cases of service outages on their networks in the second quarter of the year, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said.

The agency’s spokesperson, Ikechukwu Adinde, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.

The statement said this resulted in unexpected disruptions to operators’ network quality of service (QoS) delivery and intermittent quality of experience (QoE) by the consumers.

According to the statement, the executive commissioner, stakeholder management, NCC, Adeleke Adewolu, disclosed this in a presentation delivered during the first virtual Telecoms Consumer Parliament.

The ICT sector contributed 17.83 per cent to the nation’s GDP in the second quarter of 2020. This was better than the previous quarter and the same quarter last year.

Despite the decline in economic growth in the country, the sector experienced a positive growth.

Of the 9,077 service outages recorded by the operators, 3,585 were caused by incidences of denial of access to telecoms sites for maintenance.

While 4,972 were triggered by incidences of fibre cuts from construction activities and vandalism, 520 cases were as a result of incidences of generator and battery theft at sites.

“Mr Adewolu, however, noted that in a proactive step to mitigate the challenges, the commission had swiftly responded by taking some major decisions to mitigate any unforeseen challenges that may cause serious disruptions in service delivery to the consumers throughout the period of the COVID-19 pandemic,” the statement said.

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“The Commission approved resource sharing by operators throughout the period of COVID-19 pandemic.”

These include fibre optic cables and other resources, in the event of cable cuts and other unforeseen developments.

“We also ensured that the service providers meet the needs of their teeming consumers by securing Right of Passage (RoP) for all telecommunications officials and staff for easy movement during the lockdown. This was to ensure ease of movement to service base stations and other telecom facilities and equipment.”

Mr Adewolu advised all stakeholders to join hands with the commission in enlightening all citizens on the need to protect the telecom infrastructure in their domain without which quality of service delivery will be hampered.

“He noted the numerous complaints received from consumers by the commission since the outbreak of the pandemic were indicative of the widening gap between the consumer QoS and the QoE provided by the service providers, which, according to him, needed to be addressed.”

He charged operators on the need to increase and improve their network capacity following the unprecedented increase in consumer demand.

“Also, service providers must embark on pervasive consumer education and enlightenment campaign about data usage and billing to ensure their subscribers have all the required information to make informed decisions so as get value for money spent. Operators also need to train and equip their customer care personnel on consumer complaint management as well as ensuring that consumer complaints are resolved conclusively and in line with the revised service level agreement.”

Similarly, the statement warned service providers to refrain from indulging in unwholesome practices such as modification of data plan without informing the consumers, putting out promotional advertorials without prior approval by the commission.

Furthermore, changing the names and nomenclature of promotions from what was approved, among other sharp practices that short-change consumers was advised against, warning that the commission will not hesitate to sanction erring operators.

The Consumer Code of Practice requires that once a contract agreement is signed, both parties should adhere to the contract terms and conditions and where a change is required, the validity period should end before any modification is effected.

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