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September 15, 2016 No Responses

NCC to sanction Globacom

(NAN) The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is to sanction Globacom for not adhering to the 10 per cent threshold for interconnect traffic by telecom companies. This is contained in the organisation’s 2016 Q1 Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Report made available...

September 13, 2016 No Responses

Samsung loses $44 Billion of value

(BLOOMBERG) Tepid demand for Samsung Electronics Co.’s newest Galaxy smartphones triggered a fifth straight monthly decline for the electronics maker, wiping out about $44 billion in market value since April. Shares of the world’s biggest smartphone vendor...

August 23, 2016 No Responses

TUC faults proposed 9% hike on telephone calls, SMS, others

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has condemned Federal Government’s proposed imposition of Communication Service Tax (CST) “as recently mooted by the Minister of Communication, Mr. Adebayo Shittu”. TUC in statement issued by Its President B...

July 18, 2016 No Responses

NCC remits N70b into federation account

Between December 2015 and March 2016, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), remitted N70 billion into the federation account. The amount according to a statement issued by the commission is in addition to the N30 billion paid by MTN Nigeria Communica...

December 8, 2015 No Responses

Buhari opposes social media bill

Citing the commitment of his administration to protect free speech in keeping with democratic tradition, President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged not to assent any legislation that might be inconsistent with the constitution. Reacting to the public outcry agai...

December 5, 2015 No Responses

MTN to pay N780b, not N647b, says NCC

The Nigerian Communications Commission has clarified that the fine of N1.04trillion imposed on the MTN Group was reduced by 25 per cent, and not 35 per cent as initially reported. According to NCC, the company will now have to pay...

November 17, 2015 No Responses

MTN gets Friday deadline to pay $5.2b fine

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has extended to Friday the deadline given to MTN to pay a $5.2billion fine. According to the commission, it sanctioned the telecommunications giant based on security reasons following its failure to deactivate 5.2m...