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NCC puts loses to call masking at $60 billion annually
21 Dec  Communications
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), said the Nigerian telecom industry loses about $60 billion dollars annually to call masking. Call masking is a process...
NCC asks subscribers to demand quality services from network operators
21 Dec  Nigeria
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it is worried about the inability of Nigerians to leverage its massive campaigns to demand quality services from network operators.
ALTON puts fibre-to-home connections at 2% in Nigeria
19 Dec  Technology
Inadequate last mile infrastructure has hindered efficient Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH) broadband deployment in Nigeria.The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria...
NCC harmonises short codes, reads riot act to VAS defaulters
19 Dec  Nigeria
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has unveiled the short codes harmonisation, while reading the riot act to defaulting providers of Value Added Services (VAS) to ensure compliance and protect consumers.
NCC moves to develop regulatory framework for 5G, haps technologies
7 Dec  Telecoms
Stakeholders in the telecommunications sector this week in Abuja held a one-day stakeholders forum to brainstorm on Nigeria’s readiness for 5G and High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) technology.
GSMA highlights policy reforms to lift Nigeria’s economy
4 Dec  Business News
The Global System for Mobile Telecommunications Association (GSMA), has said modernising regulation and policy reform will be crucial to boosting Nigeria’s digital economy, and accelerating Internet access for millions through increased mobile broadband penetration.
NCC to suspend operating licences of debtor-operators
30 Nov  Nigeria
The over N165 billion interconnect debts in the telecommunications sector have become a source of worry to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and other industry stakeholders.
NCC donates 110 laptops to Federal School of Statistics in Manchok
19 Nov  Nigeria
The Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) on Monday donated 110 units of laptops to the Federal School of Statistics in Manchok, Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
‘Telecom operators record 33, 000 cases of theft, destruction of facilities’
12 Nov  Telecoms
Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has disclosed that telecommunication operators have recorded over 33, 000 cases of vandalism and stealing of their facilities.NCC Executive Vice Chairman, Prof. Umar Danbatta ...
FG opens North Central region for fibre investors
24 Oct  Telecoms
The Federal Government through the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has opened up the North Central region of the country for fibre investors through the Infrastructure Companies (InfraCo) model.
Nigeria’s telecoms sector loses N1.06tr to call masking, others
28 Sep  Nigeria
Sharp practices being perpetrated in Nigeria’s telecommunications sector are costing the industry and the economy over $3 billion (N1.06 trillion) in losses.
Telecoms operators need $450b for 1.5 billion offline users
13 Sep  Business News
The United Nations (UN) has estimated that to connect the next 1.5 billion that are yet to come online across the globe, telecoms operators would need over $450 billion.