Thursday, July 4, 2013

QoS: CTO completes survey on Nigeria

The Research and Consultancy team at the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) has completed a Nationwide Consumer Satisfaction Survey with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).

Manager Programmes, at CTO, Kojo Boakye confirmed this to DigitalSENSE Business News, saying that over 50,000 Nigerians responded to a detailed questionnaire that was designed to help the NCC understand consumers’ perceptions of the quality of ICT services.

Boakye also said that the survey provided insight on the kind of services Nigerians are enjoying from Internet Service Providers (ISPs), fixed line and mobile operators.

The manager said that using the data derived from the survey, the CTO created a consumer satisfaction index that will ensure the NCC could continuously monitor and record levels consumer satisfaction and Quality of Service.

“This project was intended to help Nigerian service providers meet consumers’ expectations in the future and enable the Nigerian Communications Commission to continue striving for improved quality of service and higher levels consumer satisfaction,” Boakye said, while announcing the completion.


CTO further said that among other things, the final reports for the project present consumer complaints’ profile and frequency of consumer experience; recommendations for the various services; consumer awareness of their rights, benefits and the obligations of service providers; recommendations for how consumer awareness of their rights could be improved; possible compensation/remedies to consumers; and a Consumer Satisfaction Index for the NCC.

Remmy Nweke/DigitalSENSE Business News
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