Enext Wireless Inc., an engineering company that focuses on improving user experience in mobile broadband wireless communications, has called extended a handshake to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for collaboration to ensure telecommunications subscribers receive best value from network operators.
The firm said its primary mission is to use its expertise to nudge Nigerian MNOs (Mobile Network Operators) towards making the quality of their broadband networks as high as they could be.
“These networks are currently the main source of internet connectivity in Nigeria”, Engineer Remi Adeyeye, the president/CEO of Enext Wirelesss told Techeconomy.
“We continue to make NCC aware of our activities. Our primary mission is to use our knowledge and experience to nudge Nigerian MNOs towards making the quality of their broadband networks as high as they could be if the MNOs tried. These networks are currently the main source of internet connectivity in Nigeria.
“Our platform and related services can substantially improve the quality of mobile broadband networks and the experience of Nigerian users of those networks. By subscribing to our platform, MNOs, NCC, MSPs and other interested parties can make important contributions to the enhancement of the quality of mobile networks in Nigeria.
“We have been monitoring the networks since 2016. We have shared our findings with the MNOs. The goal has always been to improve the quality of experience of mobile broadband network subscribers in Nigeria.
“Since we started monitoring these networks we have seen networks so badly deployed that we stopped monitoring them.
“We shared our findings with the concerned operator who, two years later, confirmed that the poor quality was due to the fact that the network was still being deployed when we tested it. However, we subscribed to the service and paid for the data we used at that time.
“Our platform, named EMETRICS, helps to facilitate the deployment and continuous monitoring of high-quality mobile networks in Nigeria. It also allows the public to visualize mobile coverage quality at locations of interest as well as the likely throughput and packet latency at those locations.
The public can also contribute to the available throughput and packet latency records by running our speed test from the public visualization website HERE.
“Our platform allows MNOs to visualize the quality of their networks as seen by high quality end user equipment and use the data logged to enhance their quality.
“It facilitates the ability of mobile network equipment vendors to deploy high quality networks at much lower cost than ordinarily possible when relying on expensive logging and post-processing tools for necessary tests.
“The EMETRICS solution allows regulators to set practical thresholds for key performance indicators and independently verify efforts by MNOs to meet them”.
Adeyeye told Techeconomy that EMETRICS was specifically designed for the Nigerian market where the equipment and key engineering and deployment talents are often imported and focus on the experience of the ordinary end-user is minimal.
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently commenced a review of its Regulatory Instruments and licensing framework to ensure that they are in line with the current realities.
Dr. Aminu Maida, said the review of Quality of Service Regulations by the NCC will incorporate Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the fifth-generation technology (5G) and include KPIs for the Colocation Service Providers (TowerCos).
NCC’s key performance indicators (KPIs) for the quality of service (QoS) of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) networks in Nigeria cover Call Setup Success Rate (CSSR), Drop Call Rate (DCR), and Stand-alone Dedicated Channel (SDCCH).
