The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) broke their silence after cracking down on illegal mobile phone sellers over the past weekend. They said the clampdown aimed to reduce local illegal telecommunications equipment trade.
Idehen Efosa, NCC’s head of enforcement, told reporters on Thursday the commission gave seven companies a notice who were advertising phones yet to be tested by the regulator.
Efosa said the NCC “had advertised in the dailies for such companies to desist from dealing on mobile phones not approved by the commission. Besides, the NCC also wrote officially to the companies, informing them of a meeting, which they never honoured, with a public notice given to them and warning before this final clamp down”.
Nigeria is hopeful that the telecom sector can continue to grow dramatically in the coming months and years, and the NCC has put forward a number of plans to boost telecom infrastructure in rural areas to increase penetration in Africa’s largest country.
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