Telecom News Archives — City Business News

February 13, 2025 No Responses

Tariff Hike: NLC Threatens Nationwide Shutdown

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned the implementation of a 50% tariff hike by telecommunication companies, demanding immediate reversal to the old tariff. The NLC and the Federal Government had earlier constituted a 10-man committee to deliberate on the...

August 29, 2024 No Responses

NCC Announces Final Deadline For NIN-SIM Linkage Compliance

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced significant progress in the Federal Government’s 2020 policy to link all Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) to National Identity Numbers (NINs). A statement issued by NCC Director, Public...

May 30, 2024 No Responses

NCC: A Digital Enabler Of The Renewed Hope Agenda

In Nigeria, a young tech-savvy and upwardly mobile population is teeming, and exploring derivable benefits of digital technologies. They are propelled by rapidly expanding internet access and steady broadband penetration, currently about 43 per cent. Our digit...

February 1, 2024 No Responses

Nigeria Attains Steady Increase In Active Voice, Internet Subscription

Nigeria has witnessed a steady increase in active voice and internet subscriptions, including a drop in teledensity as contained in the latest telecommunications statistical indicators released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), which have been a...

October 13, 2023 No Responses

NCC Restores Regulatory Services To Globacom

The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has restored regulatory services to one of its licensees, Globacom Limited after it successfully cleared its outstanding debt obligations to the Commission for unpaid Spectrum Fees, Numbering Fees and Annual Operatin...

September 18, 2023 No Responses

NCC Boss Harps On Collaboration To Strengthen Payment System

The Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) has stressed the importance of multidimensional collaboration in enhancing the country’s payment system.The Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof Umar Danbatta, said this at the 2023 annual conference of the Finance Corres...

July 21, 2021 No Responses

NCC Seeks Input Into Draft On Annual Operating Levy, Frequency Spectrum Fees

The management of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)has called for input into the draft on annual operating levy and frequency spectrum (fees and pricing, among others). The Act empowers the NCC to periodically review sundry issues relating to its primar...