NCC begins review of mobile termination rates, seeks industry input

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has commenced a consultancy survey for the determination of Mobile Termination Rates (MTR) successful Nigeria, describing the workout arsenic a captious involution aimed astatine aligning telecommunications regularisation with evolving marketplace realities.

Speaking astatine the Stakeholders’ Consultative Forum connected the Determination of Mobile Termination Rates successful Nigeria, the Head of the Competition and Tariff Unit, Policy, Competition and Economic Analysis Department of the NCC, said the workout marked “another important milestone successful our corporate efforts to foster an inclusive, transparent, and dynamic telecommunications assemblage successful Nigeria.”

The authoritative said the forum was convened to formally prosecute stakeholders connected the consultancy survey and contiguous its methodology, attack and timelines arsenic the committee begins the data-gathering phase.

According to the NCC, the reappraisal extends beyond regular regulatory obligations.

“This workout extends good beyond regular regulatory compliance; it constitutes a important economical involution intended to align our frameworks with the accelerated gait of alteration successful the telecoms sector,” the authoritative said.

The committee noted that Nigeria’s existent interconnection complaint authorities was established done the Interconnection Rate Determination issued connected June 1, 2018, with a consequent amendment to the Mobile International Terminatio...