Visit Website To Cross Check If Mobile Devices Up For Sale Are Type-Approved By Commission Before Purchasing – NCC (Video)

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has appealed to Nigerians to cross check on the commission’s website if mobile devices they want to purchase are type-approved by the commission.

Speaking in an advisory statement on Monday, Engr. Bako Wakil, Director of Technical Standards and Network Integrity at NCC, stated;

I appeal to people to please cross-check with NCC website when they want to buy handsets where we have type-approved the model they want to buy. The type-approval process is to ensure that the proliferation of substandard and fake devices are not allowed in the industry. What is happening there is that if telecom devices are not produced according to the standard, they might bring challenges to the users themselves. Such devices may radiate more than they are suppose to radiate that will harm the person.

He further added;

Another case is they also introduce noise and interference into the network, so sometimes you may be complaining that your network is bad but it’s because the handset you are using is not a genuine handset, not a good one.

So we appeal to people to look at NCC website, we have a list of all the model number of type-approved devices. Whether they are mobile handsets, tablets, laptops, computers, switches and any devices that would be connected to the National network, they ought to be type-approved by the commission. In that way, we ensure that they are produced with the standard that they are meant to be produced.

Watch the full video of Wakil speaking below;

NCC APPEALS TO NIGERIANS TO CROSS CHECK ON THE NCC WEBSITE IF MOBILE DEVICES THEY WANT TO PURCHASE ARE TYPE-APPROVED BY THE NCC pic.twitter.com/4A0TX3Z67y

— ncc.gov.ng (@NgComCommission) April 26, 2021