Gambia: PURA and Quality of Service Regulation –

Dr. Ousman Gajigo

Over the past few days, the nation has been embroiled in controversy over PURA’s inexplicable directive to mandate a price floor for mobile data services. According to PURA, price competition among mobile operators has undermined network quality and will affect the long-term sustainability of these firms. The purpose of this article is to show that the reasons provided by PURA are false and that PURA’s leadership has been failing in its responsibility to properly…