Telecoms regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has revealed that the nation’s social media space is now on astronomical rise as phone subscriptions jump to 147 million at January this year.
This was revealed by the Executive Vice Chairman of the federal agency, Prof. Umar Danbatta during the NCC Special Day at the ongoing 29th Enugu International Trade Fair.
The fair was organized yearly by the Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Mines, Industries and Agriculture (ECCMIA).
Explaining more, Danbatta, represented by the Director of Public Affairs, Mr. Tony Ojobo, said that the country’s social media space had continued to deepen, noting that “Our statistics continue to show positive movement in the provision of services with internet and phone penetrations standing at over 100 million and 147 million subscribers respectively in January 2018”.
“With broadband penetration of 21 per cent, Nigeria’s social media space has continued to thrive and citizens are enjoying access to modern ways of interaction in the cyberspace,“ he said.
According to Danbatta, “Nigerians were not left behind with services and innovations that abound in the Information Communication Technology industry”.
“It is our commitment to keep the nation abreast of developments in telecommunications industry through innovative and world class regulatory processes,” he said.
He said that commission would soon issue directive to service providers to give 14 days’ window to subscribers to enable them roll over their unused data.
“In other words, this will stop the current practice where subscribers lose unused data even if they fail to renew on the date of the expiration of the current subscription.
Danbatta averred that “We have already put the service providers on special notice about our current monitoring of user experience relating to poor reception, wrong billings and deductions and will call them to account in due course”.
