The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, penultimate week, opened the telecom industry up for another debate when it released the operators' market status and declared two, MTN and Globacom, as dominant players in different categories.
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Since that declaration which came almost immediately it flagged off the Mobile Number Portability, MNP, in the country, several opinions have been raised by subscribers who charged the regulator to prioritize the regulation or risk having the sector fall back to the NITEL days of monopoly.
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However, this is not the first time the commission is making attempt at stabilizing competition in the telecom market. In 2010, it attempted such exercise but it produced no positive result.
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But in June 2012, the NCC embarked upon what it described as the "Study of the Assessment of the Level of Competition in the Nigerian telecommunications industry."