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    Home»News»Nigeria: Telecom regulator approves e-SIM trial for two MNOs
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    Nigeria: Telecom regulator approves e-SIM trial for two MNOs

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    In line with the Nigerian Communications Commission’s forward-looking regulatory approach to ensure Nigeria’s telecoms ecosystem is in tandem with global best practices, it decided to approved e-SIM trial for two Mobile Network operators in the country.

    The two operators, according to a statement signed by the Commission’s Director of Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, are MTN Nigeria and 9Mobile. They are to carry out a trial on the workability of embedded Subscriber Identification Modules (e-SIM) Service in Nigeria.

    The trial, approved to run for a period of one year, will involve testing 5,000 e-SIMs by the two networks, subject to compliance with a number of regulatory conditions.

    These conditions include full compliance by the MNOs with the Registration of Telecoms Subscribers Regulations 2011; the Mobile Number Portability Regulations and Business Rules 2015; Guidelines on SIM Replacement 2017; and non-degradation of the Quality of Service (QoS) experience by users of e-SIMs.

    According to Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, the primary objective of the e-SIM trial is to assess the technical performance of the e-SIM on telecoms service providers’ network towards eventual rollout, if satisfactory.

    An e-SIM is a small chip that is embedded on a mobile phone or smart devices. It is designed for convenience, flexibility and simplicity. The e-SIM makes it easier for subscribers to choose a pre-paid plan provider and switch between network operators.

    The information on the e-SIM is rewritable by operators and the identification information can be updated over time. e-SIMs is a technology that will eliminate the need for physical SIM card slots on mobile devices in the near future.

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