Welcome to the WATRA Official Website
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The West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA) was established in November 2004.
Its current membership is fourteen (15) countries with headquarters located in Abuja, Nigeria.
WATRA was born out of the need to address present realities in the telecommunications industry in the sub-region while focusing on the need for West Africa to evolve a harmonised regulatory identity to boost investment and investor-confidence and to more effectively regulate and monitor telecommunications service.
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WATRA consists of independent National Regulatory Authorities and departments for regulation of Telecommunications services established by governments of member states in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sub-region and Mauritania.
WATRA comprises of three (3) institutions namely; The Conference of Regulators, The Executive Committee and The Secretariat. The Secretariat is the Administrative organ of WATRA.
Emerging and current trends in technological development in the telecommunications industry typified by convergence and the rapid development of digital technology have continued to call for innovative and pragmatic regulatory models, a departure from traditional regulations.
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