{"id":74618,"date":"2023-08-04T13:06:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T12:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=74618"},"modified":"2023-08-04T13:06:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T12:06:15","slug":"ncc-warns-against-sale-use-of-non-type-approved-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/ncc-warns-against-sale-use-of-non-type-approved-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"NCC Warns Against Sale, Use Of\u00a0Non-Type Approved Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has warned traders and other stakeholders about the negative consequences of selling and purchasing phones and telecommunications gadgets that are not type approved by the Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The certification of telecom devices used in the telecom sector is one of the mandates of the NCC as enshrined in the Nigerian Communications Act (2003) whose central objective is the \u201cprotection of the rights and interests of consumers\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Non-type approved telecom devices are considered to be supplied to the Nigerian market from grey sources and are known to degrade quality of services in the network.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Director Consumer Affairs Bureau, Dr. Emilia\u00a0Nwokoro, who spoke for the Executive Vice of the NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, at the 5th edition of Market Conversation, a telecom consumer outreach programme of NCC, which took place recently at the GSM Village in Abuja, said the event was part of the sensitization efforts of the Commission to address the issue.<\/p>\n<p>She said there is a need to sensitise traders at the market about the implications of trading in substandard products as they may face the risk of arrest and prosecution when found selling non-type approved devices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe essence of coming here today is to enlighten the traders on the dangers of selling non type-approved devices. The NCC established procedures for certifying telecom products sellable and usable in Nigeria, and that explains the Commission\u2019s efforts to raise awareness to ensure that substandard products are not circulated in any market in Nigeria,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>She informed them that the procedure for approval of telecom devices has been established by the Commission, and all type approved devices have been published on the NCC website for public and user reference. Therefore, traders should take advantage of this information to identify type approved against none type approved phone devices.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>The Chairman, GSM Village Market, Abuja, Macdonald Ajuogu, said the market union has a task force that monitors the types and standards of devices sold there, and that the association has also put measures in place to deal with any member that goes against their rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNormally, we have a platform in the market whereby anybody that deals with any phone in the market is registered with the union and we also have a task force that always checks on any product that is being sold in the market, including computers that are sold in the GSM village.<\/p>\n<p>Ajuogu thanked the NCC for devoting time to come and sensitise the traders not to sell or purchase non-type approved devices and\u00a0 promised that the traders would strive to abide by the prescriptions of the commission\u00a0 by cross checking with the NCC&#8217;s list of\u00a0 certified and type approved devices to avoid being sanctioned.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has warned traders and other stakeholders about the negative consequences of selling and purchasing phones and telecommunications gadgets that are not type approved by the Commission.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":66552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17],"tags":[648],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-74618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-business","category-news","tag-ncc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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