Communications
2003 No. 19
(h) the development and monitoring of performance standards and indices
relating to the quality of telephone and other communications services and
facilities supplied to consumers in Nigeria having regard to the best
international performance indicators ;
(i) making and enforcement of such regulations as may be necessary under
this Act to give full force and effect to the provisions of this Act ;
(j) management and administration of frequency spectrum for the
communications sector and assisting the National Frequency Management (NFM)
Council in developing a national frequency plan ;
(k) development, management and administration of a national numbering
plan and electronic addresses plan and the assignment of numbers and electronic
addresses therefrom to licensees ;
(l) proposing, adopting, publishing and enforcing technical specifications
and standards for the importation and use of communications equipment in
Nigeria and for connecting or interconnecting communications equipment and
systems ;
(m) the formulation and management of Nigeria’s inputs into the setting of
international technical standards for communications services and equipment ;
(n) carrying out type approval tests on communications equipment and
issuing certificates therefor on the basis of technical specifications and standards
prescribed from time to time by the Commission ;
(o) encouraging and promoting infrastructure sharing amongst licensees
and providing regulatory guidelines thereon ;
(p) examining and resolving complaints and objections filed by and disputes
between licensed operators, subscribers or any other person involved in the
communications industry, using such dispute-resolution methods as the Commission
may determine from time to time including mediation and arbitration ;
(q) preparation and implementation of programmes and plans that promote
and ensure the development of the communications industry and the provision
of communications services in Nigeria ;
(r) designing, managing and implementing Universal Access Strategy and
programme in accordance with Federal Government’s general policy and
objectives thereon ;
(s) advising the Minister on the formulation of the general policies for the
communications industry and generally on matters relating to the communications
industry in the exercise of the Minister’s functions and responsibilities under this
Act ;
(t) implementation of the Government’s general policies on communications
industry and the execution of all such other functions and responsibilities as are
given to the Commission under this Act or are incidental or related thereto ;
(u) generally advising and assisting communications industry stakeholders
and practitioners with a view to the development of the industry and attaining
the objectives of this Act and its subsidiary legislation ;
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