The Telecoms operators in Nigeria have given reason for the poor delivery of network services experienced across the country. The operators on blamed intermittent interruptions on network on vandalism of base stations, destruction of optic fibre, high forex and shutting of base stations by government agencies.

The President of Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Mr Olusola Teniola, made the attribution in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

“There is a situation in the industry whereby the equipment to bring into the country to increase capacity is either delayed by government, or at the port, we are not given the right payment in time.

“Secondly, forex is high but the equipment price has not reduced, making it very difficult to sustain investment in increasing our network coverage and capacity.

”Vandalism, theft and sabotage of our base stations’ equipment, and base stations being shut down by different agencies demanding one tax after another do not help operators.

“We have incidents of optic fibre destruction, which impacts on traffic to be carried to and from one location or city to another.

“”There is need for security operatives to ensure that telecommunications equipment which is a critical national infrastructure is protected,” the ATCON president said.

He urged the Federal Government to ease the burden on service providers by expediting action on issuance of relevant right of way permits for operators.

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I thought the telecom guys had a partnership arrangement with the Civil Defense on securitizing CNAi's ( critical national assets & infrastructure) in GEJ era.

What's up with that and the persistent vandalization if base stations?