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October 11, 2021 No Responses

Danbatta: NCC’s Regulatory Instruments Set To Facilitate 5G Deployment, Tackle Insecurity

The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has declared that three of the Commission’s regulatory instruments are set to offer enabling provisions that will help the country in tackling security and insurgency;...

October 6, 2021 No Responses

NCC’s Outreach Programme, Campus Conversation, Debuts in Abuja

Following the restructuring and re-branding of its existing consumer outreach programmes, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has held the maiden edition of the Campus Conversation at the University of Abuja. Campus Conversation is featured as an impo...

October 5, 2021 No Responses

Airtel Africa To Buyout Nigerian Minority Shareholding

Airtel Africa has announced that its subsidiary, Airtel Networks Ltd., (Airtel Nigeria) has initiated a process to buy back 8.27 percent minority shareholdings at N55.81 per share. In a statement on Monday, the Group Company Secretary, Mr Simon O’Hara, ex...

October 1, 2021 No Responses

Pantami To Nigerians: Do Not Use 5G Technology Against National Unity

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has urged Nigerians not to use the proposed Fifth Generation (5G) Technology against the unity of the nation. Pantami made the appeal at the virtual, 10th edition of the Nigeria...

October 1, 2021 No Responses

NIN-SIM Integration: NCC Sensitizes Telecom Consumers On October 31 Deadline

The management of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reminded telecoms consumers to link their National Identity Numbers (NINs) with their Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs) before the expiration of the deadline of October 31, 2021 set by the Fe...

September 29, 2021 No Responses

Active Mobile Subscription In Nigeria Hits 189m In August

Active mobile telephone subscription in Nigeria is 189 million as at August 2021. According to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the breakdown of the statistics indicates that active mobile subscriptions across the networks of MTN, GLobacom, Ai...

September 14, 2021 No Responses

Minister Tasks NCC On 5G Speedy Implementation

Following approval of the National Policy on Fifth Generation (5G) technology deployment in Nigeria by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday, the Hon. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has urged the Niger...

September 7, 2021 No Responses

No Plans To Shut Down Telecom Services In Katsina

The National Communications Commission (NCC) has refuted a social media story claiming that the commission had ordered telecom service providers to shut down their services in Katsina state. Alhaji Abdu Labaran, the Director-General (DG) media to Gov. Aminu ...

September 1, 2021 No Responses

NCC To Unveil Danbatta’s Book, Two Strategic Projects

All is now set for the historic launch of the compendium of landmark speeches and presentations of the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta. A statement i...

August 31, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Attains 202 Percent Increase In Data Usage

Nigeria has attained 202.08 percent increase in data usage, indicating 205,880 terabytes in three years, data from Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed. According to the subscriber/network data reports of 2018, 2019, and 2020, data usage rose ...

August 31, 2021 No Responses

Enhancing Growth Through Telecommunications Based Research

Barring any last-minute’s adjustment, the deadline for the submission of responses for proposals on the Telecommunications-Based Research Innovation from Academics in Nigerian Tertiary Institutions expires Tuesday, August 31, 2021. Under the arrangemen...

August 31, 2021 No Responses

5G To Boost Auto Industry

Automakers have always prioritised safety, but 5G will provide them with capabilities they may have never thought possible. According to experts, it also presents a relatively new consideration: cyber safety. As vehicles become megaphones of ...

August 28, 2021 No Responses

Minister Explains MTN’s $2b Tax Payment Plan With FIRS

Telecommunications company, MTN, has a payment plan with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to pay the tax remittance of two billion dollars. Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning said this when she received the...

August 23, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Attains 100 Percent Capacity In Production Of SIM Cards, Others

The Federal Government says it has achieved 100 percent in the production of Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards as well as the manufacture of many components of cell phones used in the country. The Minister of Communications and Digital Econo...