A major contributor to the perennial drop in quality of service has been identified as cuts to fibre optic cables belonging to telecommunications operators in the country.
This act of vandalism has been traced largely to the doorsteps of companies carrying out various construction works in the country.
The document showed that these cuts were largely noticed in some cities including Eket; Enugu; Agbor-Asaba; Ashikwue; Okapanam; Ikolaba; Abuja; Lafia; Owerri and Lagos. Last year, while calling for increased citizens’ watch, the Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, said over 50,000 cases of major destruction to telecoms infrastructure and facilities have been reported across the country in the past five years, raising alarm over the implication of these incidents to the quality of telecommunications services in Nigeria.
“The impact of vandalism of infrastructure is felt by all in the quality of services rendered as it results in increasing drop calls, data and Internet connectivity disruptions, aborted and undelivered short messaging services , as well as countless failed calls”, he said.
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