ALTON
28 Aug
A significant challenge facing the development of data centres and indeed the telecoms sector in Nigeria is the country’s inadequate power infrastructure.
31 Jul 2024
The Chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators in Nigeria (ALTON), Gbenga Adebayo, has refuted claims that SIM cards were barred because of the impending national protest scheduled for August 1, 2024. He declared this in a recent interview with Arise TV on Tuesday. The ALTON chairman explained that the time frame required to…
30 Jul 2024
Reprieve may have come the way of subscribers caught up in the SIM suspension crises as the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered all telecommunication companies to reactivate all lines barred over issues surrounding the linking and verification of National Identification Numbers (NIN) linked with SIMs.
14 Jun 2024
Mobile subscriptions across all networks fell by 666,032 in March, as statistics from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)
16 May 2024
For the first four months of 2024, Lagos, Rivers, Abuja and Enugu have emerged as the topmost destinations where telecoms operators recorded the highest forms of fibre cuts.
14 May 2024
Telecommunications operators have harped on the challenges confronting the $76 billion sector, saying they cannot be swept under.Under the aegis of the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), the telcos have demanded urgent actions to tackle the perennial problems.
8 May 2024
Telecommunications operators have said telephony services would only improve if the various challenges confronting the sector are removed. Speaking under the aegis of the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria
26 Apr 2024
Telecommunications bodies in the country have raised fear of a possible collapse of the industry if urgent measures are not deployed to tackle the perennial challenges confronting it.
4 Apr 2024
Telecommunications operators urged deposit money banks (DMBs) to pay up the N200 billion unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) debts they owed them.
26 Mar 2024
National Commissioner/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC), Dr Vincent Olatunji, shed light on the significance of data protection in the digital economy at the pre-launch of the National Privacy Awareness Campaign.
29 Feb 2024
The deadline for the linkage of subscribers Identification module (SIM) cards to National Identification Number (NIN) ended yesterday as directed by the Federal Government through the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
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