197, 000 Subscribers Have Ported Their Numbers - NCC

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communication Commission
(NCC), Dr Eugene Juwah, yesterday (Friday, July 18), said 197,000
subscribers have ported their numbers from one network to another in
their efforts to take advantage of the opportunities availed by the
Mobile Number Portability (MNP) scheme in terms of improved quality of
service.
Dr Juwah, who spoke at a prize giving ceremony for winners of an essay
competition in Abuja, said the mobile number portability has afforded
subscribers a variety of choices, enhanced quality services as well as
deepened competition amongst telecommunication providers.
He expressed hope that the months ahead would see more people changing
their service providers from one to another.
Dr Juwah, who described vandalism of telecoms operators facilities as
one of the major challenges constraining improved quality service
generally, explained that with increasing investment of the operators
on infrastructure, proper protection of the telecommunications
facilities and improved power supply, services to consumers would
continue to improve.
Dr Juwah, said it was pleasing to note that more and more subscribers
were porting their numbers in a rapidly more competitive market
environment.
The first prize winner in the essay competition got five hundred
thousand naira, a computer and a printer while the second and third
prize winners got three hundred and two hundred thousand naira cash
prizes.
The winners are Dasaolu Olawale Johnson, a 400 level Law student of
the University of Lagos (first prize winner); Kadri Zaharat Olamide, a
500 level Veterinary Medicine student of the University of Ibadan (2nd
Prize winner) and Nicholas Ifeanyi Okpala, a 400 level Civil
Engineering student of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta.