Over 60 million mobile subscribers’ data verified – NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission says over 60 million subscribers’ biometric and personal registration information submitted to teleçom operators hàve been screened and verified.
As at last January, data obtained from the NCC website showed the country has about 249.2 million connected mobile telephone subscribers from the five leading operators.The existing telecom operators include 9mobile , Globacom, MTN, Airtel, Ntel, Multilinks, Visafone, and Smile.“Scrubbing” in the telecom industry is the screening process of verifying biometric and personal information submitted by all operators in respect of each of their subscribers.
The NCC said the outcome of its initial scrubbing exercise was to underscore the need for subscriber registration agents and operators to ensure strict adherence to the Subscriber Registration Regulations of 2011 as well as the technical specifications for subscriber registration.
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