The Chief Executive Officer of MTN Nigeria, Karl Olutokun Toriola, has explained the challenges the telecommunications industry operator faces in Nigeria.
In an interview on TVC, Toriola explained that there are more fiber cuts in Nigeria in a day than in Saudi Arabia yearly.
He noted that vandalism and uncontrolled roads are major reasons for fiber cuts, which cause telecommunications service disruption.
According to him operating environments have a huge impact on telecoms service delivery.
“We have very frequent fiber cuts. We have more fiber cut in Nigeria in a day than Saudi Arabia has in a year in MTN. This is due to uncontrolled road construction and vandalism. We have an infrastructure problem.
“The problem of power supply: we have to provide generators in every base station,” he said.
This comes amid persistent complaints of poor quality of service by telecoms users in Nigeria.
Recall that the Nigerian Communications Commission had charged telecoms operators on improved service.
However, the challenge, among other issues facing the sector, has persisted.
MTN Nigeria has more fiber cuts daily than Saudi Arabia yearly – Toriola
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