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Assessment of indigenous capacity in telecommunications technology in Nigeria

Before the coming of the Global System of mobile Telecommunication (GSM) into Nigeria, to secure a telephone line from the national carrier the Nigerian Telecommunication Limited (NITEL) was not at all an easy task. The general objectives of the national Telecommunication Policy (NTP) are to achieve...

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Main Authors: Esq, Maryam Sani Sambo, Usman, Umar
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2014
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T Technology (General)
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/12915/1/6.pdf
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spelling my.uum.repo.129152014-12-30T07:58:28Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/12915/ Assessment of indigenous capacity in telecommunications technology in Nigeria Esq, Maryam Sani Sambo Usman, Umar T Technology (General) Before the coming of the Global System of mobile Telecommunication (GSM) into Nigeria, to secure a telephone line from the national carrier the Nigerian Telecommunication Limited (NITEL) was not at all an easy task. The general objectives of the national Telecommunication Policy (NTP) are to achieve the modernization and rapid expansion of the Telecommunications Network and Services.This study reveals that the regulatory Commission has been able to make subsidiary legislations on most aspects of consumer protection issues except that of quality of service which is one of the most fundamental one.In addition also, it is better to give more powers of enforcement of telecomm consumer protection issues to the substantive consumer protection regulatory body, they may be in a better position to monitor and investigate the service providers to ensure that they are abiding by the code of practice of the Commission and all other relevant laws, as this is not the practice now. 2014-11-29 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/12915/1/6.pdf Esq, Maryam Sani Sambo and Usman, Umar (2014) Assessment of indigenous capacity in telecommunications technology in Nigeria. In: UUM International Conference on Governance 2014 (ICG), 29th - 30th November 2014, Flamingo Hotel By The Beach, Pulau Pinang. http://www.umicg2014.com/
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Assessment of indigenous capacity in telecommunications technology in Nigeria
description Before the coming of the Global System of mobile Telecommunication (GSM) into Nigeria, to secure a telephone line from the national carrier the Nigerian Telecommunication Limited (NITEL) was not at all an easy task. The general objectives of the national Telecommunication Policy (NTP) are to achieve the modernization and rapid expansion of the Telecommunications Network and Services.This study reveals that the regulatory Commission has been able to make subsidiary legislations on most aspects of consumer protection issues except that of quality of service which is one of the most fundamental one.In addition also, it is better to give more powers of enforcement of telecomm consumer protection issues to the substantive consumer protection regulatory body, they may be in a better position to monitor and investigate the service providers to ensure that they are abiding by the code of practice of the Commission and all other relevant laws, as this is not the practice now.
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