Telecomms Archives — Page 5 of 6

November 29, 2016 No Responses

NCC directs mobile operators to increase data tariffs

NCC directs mobile operators to increase data tariffs (The Cable)– The Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) has directed mobile operators to initiate a new data tariff regime from December 1, 2016 in what is effectively a price increase. In a...

November 19, 2016 No Responses

Dana Air partners Spectranet on free wifi, pledges on-time performance

Dana Air has assured passengers of the company’s commitment to on- time performance even as aviation fuel (JET A1) scarcity across the country worsens. Dana Air said in spite of the scarcity of aviation fuel, it’s on time performance is still...

November 15, 2016 No Responses

Unsolicited SMS: MTN, Airtel, others get final warning

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Monday issued a final one-week ultimatum for the telecommunications network operators to put a stop to all unsolicited messages or face sanctions. The commission said it was worried by the non-compliance by the...

November 13, 2016 No Responses

Abubakar Umar drags MTN to court over unsolicited SMS, deductions

Former military Governor of Kaduna State, Abubakar Umar, has directed his Lawyers to sue MTN over unsolicited messages and alleged fraudulent deductions. According to Umar the practice has continued despite repeated assurances that it will not happen agai...

October 23, 2016 No Responses

AT&T explains $86B deal with Time Warner

(BBC) The US telecoms giant AT&T has announced that it will buy entertainment group Time Warner for nearly $86bn (£70bn). The deal was agreed at a meeting of the two boards on Saturday but will still need to be approved...

October 12, 2016 No Responses

FG to launch Digital Broadcasting in December

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has assured of the Federal Government’s readiness to launch the DigitalSwitch Over (DSO) in broadcasting in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, by the end of 2016. The Minister gav...

October 10, 2016 No Responses

NCC records 94m internet users in August

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) as at August 2016 has in its networks 93,591,174 internet users. According to NCC, the data revealed that internet usage on the Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) and the Code Division Multiple Access....

September 28, 2016 No Responses

Senate probes four banks over alleged MTN’s transfer of $13.9B

The Senate has directed its Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions to investigate the alleged illegal repatriation of $13.9 billion to South Africa by MTN through its bankers between 2006 and 2016. The probe is also expected...

September 21, 2016 No Responses

FG bans Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on airlines

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has directed passengers not to turn on or charge their Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices on board aircraft following recent incidents and concerns raised by its manufacturers. The aviation regulatory body gave the...

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 Repo...

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...

September 10, 2016 No Responses

‘Samsung Galaxy Note 7 too dangerous to use’

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says owners of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphones should turn them off and stop using them because of the risk that their batteries can explode. The agency also says it’s working with Samsung on an...

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...