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Why Tinubu should ban dollar cash transactions - Operator
Appointments

Tinubu sacks NCC, NIPOST CEO, appoints replacements

President Bola Tinubu has sacked the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof Umar Danbatta, in a sweeping shift that also affected the Postmaster General of the Nigeria Postal Service and the CEO of Nigeria Communication Satellite Limited. According to The Times, Aminu Maida will succeed Danbatta as the EVC/CEO of the NCC, and […]

Nigeria's 5G subscription hits 2.3m
Telecommunications

NCC approves N50/min as group call tarrif

The Nigerian Communications Commission has set the call tariff for closed user group service at N50 per minute and restricted carriers from bundling data on the telecoms plan as of November 1. According to The Nation, through the payment of monthly access fees, service providers including MTN, Glo, Airtel, and 9mobile offer CUG services that […]

Nigeria's 5G subscription hits 2.3m
Business

NCC announces new numbering format for fixed lines

A new numbering structure for fixed lines in Nigeria has been announced by the Nigerian Communications Commission. The Times reported that the fixed lines, which are primarily used by companies, will now have the prefix “02” before the original numbers, according to the telecom authority. The Nigerian Communications Commission, in a statement issued on Wednesday, claimed […]

Nigeria's 5G subscription hits 2.3m
Telecommunications

5G subscriptions hit 500,000 – NCC

Nigeria’s Fifth Generation network subscription has reportedly reached 500,000, according to the Executive Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta. According to The Punch, he also stated that broadband penetration would reach 47.01 percent by July 2023. Speaking in Kano, he claimed in a statement that the telecoms sector has achieved notable milestones […]

NCC dismisses rumors of telecom tariff increase
Business

Local content in Nigeria’s telecom is only 16% – NCC

Research commissioned by the Nigerian Communications Commission reveals that just 16% of the hardware components used in the country’s telecom industry are produced in Nigeria; the remaining 84% are imported. The Times reported that according to the Commission’s final assessment on the degree of indigenous content in Nigeria’s telecom, most of the equipment and gadgets […]

Nigeria's 5G subscription hits 2.3m
Telecommunications

How N120bn USSD debt limits financial inclusion- NCC

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, has stated that the banks’ N120 billion Unstructured Supplementary Service Data debt to telecommunication providers is impeding financial inclusion. According to The Punch, he pointed out that without the service, the country would not have reached its current level of digital financial inclusion, which he […]

NCC dismisses rumors of telecom tariff increase
Telecommunications

Why Nigerians must create value to prevent telecom tariff increase – NCC

The Nigerian Communications Commission has stated that the only option to stop telecom tariff increases is for Nigerians to start producing domestic content that will improve telecom services and decrease importation. During the second Nigerian Telecommunications Indigenous Content Expo, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, observed that despite increased expenses and […]

Nigeria's 5G subscription hits 2.3m
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Nigeria ranks 11th globally for internet penetration – NCC

Nigeria was ranked eleventh worldwide in terms of Internet penetration and seventh in terms of mobile phone usage, according to data released by the Nigerian Telecommunications Commission on Thursday. This was mentioned during the opening ceremony of the two-day Emerging Technology Forum for the Telecommunications Industry in Abuja by Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian […]

Nigeria's 5G subscription hits 2.3m
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Video, calls increase telecom spending to N3.86trn – NCC

The amount spent on telecom services reached N3.86 trillion in 2022 due to increased call time and video streaming. This information was provided by the Nigerian Communications Commission in its recently published “2022 Subscriber/Network Data Annual Report.” It was highlighted that this represented an increase of 18.74% over the N3.25 trillion spent in 2021, showing […]

Nigeria's 5G subscription hits 2.3m
Telecommunications

Nigerians used 518,381 terabytes of data in 2022 – NCC

The Nigerian Communications Commission has stated that 518,381.89 terabytes of data were used by Nigerian telecom customers in 2022. This information was provided in the recently published Subscriber/Network Data Annual Report 2022 by the telecom regulator. This indicated that when compared to the 353,118.89 terabytes consumed in 2021, data consumption in the nation had increased […]

Nigeria's 5G subscription hits 2.3m
News

NCC confirms MAFAB 5G launch, debunks contrary reports

The Nigerian Communications Commission has stated that MAFAB Communications, its second 5G licensee, has rolled out 5G service, in contrast to allegations that the company has not launched 2 years after it was granted a license. Stakeholders are worried that the company, which had a media launch in January this year, has not been able […]

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