Regulatory Compliance, Ethical Behaviour, and Sustainable Growth in Nigeria's Telecommunications Industry

2018 ◽  
pp. 90-108
Author(s):  
Benjamin Enahoro Assay
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Telecommunications Industry ◽  
Regulatory Compliance ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Ethical Behaviour ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Mobile Network Operators

This chapter examines regulatory compliance, ethical behaviour and sustainable growth in Nigeria's telecommunications industry. It provides perspectives on the vexed issues of poor quality of service (QoS) that seems to have defied all practical solutions, unsolicited messages and the fleecing of subscribers by the mobile network operators, and other unfair business practices pervading the industry. The chapter wades through the controversy surrounding regulations and sanctions, and condemns the flagrant disregard for industry regulations by the mobile network operators whose actions are propelled by the runaway profit, which currently drives the stiff competition in the telecommunications industry. Based on the issues and problems articulated in this work, the chapter recommended among others, that the regulator should continue to engage the mobile network operators and other stakeholders in a robust dialogue aimed at finding lasting solution to the challenges impeding the growth of the telecommunications industry in Nigeria.

scholarly journals Analysis of QOS Delivered to Users of WCDMA Band in Different Locations: Case Study of University of Ilorin, Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 45-56
Author(s):  
O.A. Tiamiyu
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Performance Indicator ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Mobile Telephone ◽  
Regulatory Body ◽  
Mobile Network Operators

Since 2001, which marked the advent of modern telephony in Nigeria, there is a significant increase in the capacity of the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs). Total connected active lines were quite over a hundred million according to the reports by Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), the regulatory body in Nigeria. However, mobile telephone users in the country are experiencing poor quality of service at different locations in the country. Thus, NCC has set benchmark values for various keys performance Indicator. In this study, findings on the quality of service delivered to users of WCDMA Band by the MNOs in different locations within University of Ilorin will be made.

scholarly journals Assessment of Quality of Service of Mobile Network Operators in Akure

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 118
Author(s):  
Obe Olumide Olayinka ◽  
Sangodoyin Oluranti Olukemi ◽  
Otti Chukwuemeka
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Base Stations ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Test Technique ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
The One ◽  
Mobile Network Operators

This study assessed and compared the Quality of Service provided by the four major Mobile Network Operators(MNOs) in Akure, Nigeria as well as assessed their level of compliance with Nigerian Communications Commission standard. The study also examined the level of customer satisfaction on the services delivered by the MNOs. The effect of Quality of Service on the satisfaction of the customers of the MNOs was also investigated in this study.Primary data was collected in this study using both the drive test and survey questionnaire techniques. The drive test technique was used to collect data on the Quality of Service provided by the MNOs while the survey questionnaire was used to collect data on customer satisfaction from 527 respondents.Descriptive statistics was used to assess the level of Quality of Service provided and also to examine the level of customer satisfaction. The one-way ANOVA was adopted to compare the Quality of Service provided among the MNOs while Regression analysis was used to examine the effect of Quality of Service on customer satisfaction.The study revealed that the Quality of Service of the Mobile Network Operators in Akure differed significantly (P<0.05). It also revealed a moderate level of satisfaction among the customers. Though the Quality of Service provided by the Mobile Network Operators was found not to meet Nigerian Communications Commission standard for most of the key performance indicators, MTN was found to be the best. The study also revealed that the effect of Quality of Service on the satisfaction of customers is insignificant. The study recommended that the Mobile Network Operators should build more base stations as this would help reduce coverage gaps and blind spots and ultimately increase their network coverage.

scholarly journals The quality of service of the deployed LTE technology by mobile network operators in Abuja-Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 2191
Author(s):  
Anabi Hilary Kelechi ◽  
Uyi Aiyudubie Samson ◽  
Matthew Simeon ◽  
Okoyeigbo Obinna ◽  
Aligbe Alex ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Radio Link ◽  
System Quality ◽  
Regulatory Oversight ◽  
Quality Reporting ◽  
Wireless Broadband ◽  
Downlink Throughput ◽  
Mobile Network Operators

In this study, the real-world performance analysis of four Nigerian mobile network operators (MNOs), namely MTN, GLO, Airtel, and 9Mobile long-term evolution (LTE) cellular network, were analyzed and compared. The Nigerian MNOs utilize 5 MHz, 10 MH, and 20 MHz channel bandwidths based on third-generation partnership project’s (3 GPPs) recommendation. The presented analysis shows the uplink (UL), and downlink (DL) throughputs gaps in mobility condition as well as other LTE’s system quality of service (QoS) key performance indicators (KPI’s) of: Connection drop rate, connection failure rate, peak physical downlink throughput, minimum radio link control (RLC) downlink throughput threshold and latency are not strictly followed. The reason may be due to a lack of regulatory oversight enforcement. The comparative studies showed that MTN provides the best QoS. The introduction of novel LTE QoS metrics herein referred to as national independent wireless broadband quality reporting (NIWBQR) is the significant contribution of this study. The goal of this study is to show the quality of the network as it affects the user's experience. Important observation showed that all the MNOs are not adhering to the 3 GPPs specified user plane latency of 30 ms and control plane latency of 100 ms, respectively, which makes video streaming and low latency communication a near-impossible task.

scholarly journals Topology Control for Resource Management in Microwave Backhaul Networks

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Alexander Deng
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Topology Control ◽  
Reducing Power ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Optimal Topology ◽  
Core Networks ◽  
Backhaul Networks ◽  
New Algorithms

<p>Microwave backhaul networks are the dominant technology used to connect together access and core networks for their flexibility and cost-effectiveness in deployment. Unfortunately, microwave backhaul networks are susceptible to interference and are statically managed leading to poor Quality of Service (QoS) in the form of high delays and loss as well as being inefficient on energy. The use of Software Defined Networking (SDN) is proposed to address these problems by dynamically managing resources to work around the interference and remove static allocations. Two new algorithms, CUT and OptiCUT were designed to compute an optimal topology, to minimise loss and delay while at the same time reducing power consumption.</p>

Toward Mobile Web 2.0-Based Business Methods

2011 ◽  
pp. 1515-1535
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Wac ◽  
Richard Bults ◽  
Bert-Jan van Beijnum ◽  
Hong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Mobile Service ◽  
Mobile Web ◽  
Service Deployment ◽  
Business Cases ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Assurance Process ◽  
Mobile Network Operators

Mobile service providers (MoSPs) emerge, driven by the ubiquitous availability of mobile devices and wireless communication infrastructures. MoSPs’ customers satisfaction and consequently their revenues, largely depend on the quality of service (QoS) provided by wireless network providers (WNPs) available at a particular location-time to support a mobile service delivery. This chapter presents a novel method for the MoSP’s QoS-assurance business process. The method incorporates a location- and time-based QoS-predictions’ service, facilitating the WNP’s selection. The authors explore different business cases for the service deployment. Particularly, they introduce and analyze business viability of QoSIS.net, an enterprise that can provide the QoS-predictions service to MoSPs, Mobile Network Operators (as MoSPs), or directly to their customers (i.e. in B2B/B2C settings). QoSIS.net provides its service based on collaborative-sharing of QoS-information by its users. The authors argue that this service can improve the MoSP’s QoS-assurance process and consequently may increase its revenues, while creating revenues for QoSIS.net.

OpenMobileNetwork

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 46-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulbaki Uzun ◽  
Eric Neidhardt ◽  
Axel Küpper
Keyword(s):  
Network Topology ◽  
Linked Data ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Base Station ◽  
Network Provisioning ◽  
Crowdsourced Data ◽  
Mobile Network Operators

Mobile network operators maintain data about their mobile network topology, which is mainly used for network provisioning and planning purposes restricting its full business potential. Utilizing this data in combination with the extensive pool of semantically modeled data in the Linking Open Data Cloud, innovative applications can be realized that would establish network operators as service providers and enablers in the highly competitive services market. In this article, the authors introduce the OpenMobileNetwork (available at http://www.openmobilenetwork.org/) as an open solution for providing approximated network topology data based on the principles of Linked Data along with a business concept for network operators to exploit their valuable asset. Since the quality of the estimated network topology is crucial when providing services on top of it, the authors further analyze and evaluate state-of-the-art approaches for estimating base station positions out of crowdsourced data and discuss the results in comparison to real base station locations.

scholarly journals Optimization of Log-Periodic TV Reception Antenna with UHF Mobile Communications Band Rejection

Electronics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 1830
Author(s):  
Keyur K. Mistry ◽  
Pavlos I. Lazaridis ◽  
Zaharias D. Zaharis ◽  
Ioannis P. Chochliouros ◽  
Tian Hong Loh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Mobile Communications ◽  
Lower Cost ◽  
Mobile Services ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Antenna Design ◽  
Log Periodic Antenna ◽  
4G Lte ◽  
Tv Broadcasting

The coexistence of TV broadcasting and mobile services causes interference that leads to poor quality-of-service for TV consumers. Solutions usually found in the market involve external band-stop filters along with TV reception log-periodic and Yagi-Uda antennas. This paper presents a log-periodic antenna design without additional filtering that serves as a lower cost alternative to avoid interference from mobile services into the UHF TV. The proposed antenna operates in the UHF TV band (470–790 MHz-passband) and rejects the 800 MHz and 900 MHz bands (stopband) of 4G/LTE-800 and GSM900 services, respectively. Matching to 50 Ohms is very satisfactory in the passband with values of S11 below −12 dB. Furthermore, the antenna is highly directive with a realized gain of approximately 8 dBi and a front-to-back ratio greater than 20 dB.

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