‘We are going to provide coverage maps from crowd-sourced data,’ Maida reacts to 2025 outlook

By Chioma Obinagwam

The Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice Chairman (CEO and EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Aminu Maida, has said that the Commission will provide coverage maps from crowd-sourced data that will show the performance of Mobile Network Operators (MNOs).

Confiance News gathered from the official X handle of the Minister of Communications, Innovations and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, on Tuesday.

Maida noted that the aim of the coverage map is to enable users of mobile networks ascertain the most efficient network in their coverage area.

He added that NCC will focus on transparency, which will engender healthy competition in the industry.

“2025, I’m really optimistic. We are going to build on the small gains we made in 2024. Now that we have laid some of the necessary foundations, we are going to see a lot more transparency to help drive competition and service delivery amongst operators.

“Lastly, we are also going to be providing coverage maps towards the end of the year, from crowd-source data. This is not going to be simulated data. It is going to be actual performance data, which will show you what is the best network in your area. No longer will you need to ask the man or woman nearest to you. You can actually come to the NCC’s website and look at the data for yourself,” Maida revealed.

Confiance News recalls that one of the major milestones recorded by NCC in the previous year was the implementation and completion of the Federal Government (FG) policy on the NIN-SIM linkage.

In the words of Maida:”…which provides a lot of opportunities for the digital economy and national security of the nation. This gives us a very strong foundation from a security perspective.”

Another milestone, Confiance News gathered, is the designation of its infrastructure as Critical National Information Infrastructure (CNII) through a Presidential Order issued on November 6, 2024.