NCC, Airtel, others for NITRA seminar

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Stakeholders from public and private sectors at federal and state levels are set for the third quarter seminar series organised by the Nigeria Information and Communication Technology Reporters’ Association.
The programme, sponsored by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Airtel, will bring together industry stakeholders to brainstorm on the theme: “The Impact of Over-Regulation of Telecoms Industry on Service Quality.”

The event is schedules to hold in Lagos on Friday, September 16, 2016.

The seminar will bring together industry regulators including the NCC, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) as well as representation from the Association of Telecoms Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), National Association of Telecoms Subscribers (NATCOMS) and ZInox Group, among others.

Already, many industry stakeholders have confirmed their readiness to attend the one-day forum to be chaired by the Chairman of ALTON, Engr. Gbenga Adebayo.

The NITRA President, Mr Emma Okonji, in a statement he issued, said: “Nigeria telecoms industry has grown significantly in the past 15 years in such a way that it is now regarded as one of the fastest-growing in the world. Nigerians telecoms has, indeed, witnessed exponential growth in the last 13 years moving from active subscriber base of 400,000 with teledensity of 0.004 per cent to active subscriber base of 149.8m with teledensity of 107.01 per cent, as of June 2016 statistics.”

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