Dr. Aminu Maida, Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has disclosed that the commission is looking at ways in which telecommunications consumers in the country will only need one SIM card and one device, against the need to own multiple SIM devices.
Maida who disclosed this at a media parley in Lagos over the weekend, said the commission would be using data to leverage its plans for a situation where consumers will only have one SIM card and one device.
Due to the quality of service from telecom operators in the country, many Nigerians have adopted multiple SIMs and multiple devices in order to stay connected, by switching from one SIM/device to another.
Maida however stated that “We will be leveraging data to be able to empower consumers to make the right choice, so that we can move away from the world where we have multiple SIM devices. Rather than multiple devices and SIM cards, we are looking at a situation, where consumers will only have one SIM card and one device,” he stated.
Dr. Maida, who recently clocked a hundred days in office as EVC of NCC also disclosed plans to grow the telecommunications industry within five years of his tenure and beyond, while listing collaboration, data centricism, compliance and digitization as the fulcrum of his administration.
