Roaming is the ability of a cellular customer to automatically make and receive voice calls, send and receive data, or access other services, including home data services, when travelling outside the geographical coverage area of their home network. Roaming is usually very expensive and most people try to minimise as much cost as possible.  The West African Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (WATRA) announced that very soon telephone users in West African countries may no longer have to pay the high cost of roaming. WATRA, the regional telecom regulator has said it is putting up a guideline that will harmonise roaming activities of the ECOWAS region. These guidelines are being developed for a seamless interconnection and roaming of telephone users in West Africa.
The announcement was made by the executive secretary of WATRA, Alhaji Maman Laminou a visit to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). He added that the harmonisation and many other issues will form the basis for discussions at the yearly general meeting in April 2016.The executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta pledged the dedication and commitment of the Nigerian Communication Commission to the efforts of WATRA towards harmonising roaming activities in the West African region.
 

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