Nigeria, March 27 -- The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has introduced the Telecoms Identity Risk Management System (TIRMS) platform to regulate the re-assignment of dormant mobile phone numbers and curb fraudulent activity from reassigned numbers.

The commission has also proposed amendments to the Quality of Service (QoS) Business Rules and Communication Subscriber Regulations governing the re-assignment of phone numbers.

The commission disclosed this on Thursday during a stakeholders engagement meeting with operators in the telecoms industry.

The Executive Vice Chairman of the commission, Aminu Maida, explained that the reforms became necessary as mobile numbers have evolved from simple call ID to a critical identifier in f...