The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has stressed the need for digital training of women to uplift their socio-economic standards and bridge the gender gap among professionals in the country. The telecom industry chief, who made this remark recently in Lagos at the maiden edition of the […]
The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, has disclosed that internet users across mobile networks in Nigeria stand at 149.8 million as at August, 2020. The industry regulator gave this hint while declaring open the commencement of a series of enlightenment and awareness campaign activities initiated by the […]
The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) on Thursday estimated that at least $3 billion was being lost yearly to sharp practices in the nation’s telecommunication industry. The Executive Vice Chairman of the commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, made this projection at the ongoing 85th edition of the Telecom Consumer Parliament (TCP) in Lagos. Specifically, the industry regulator […]
The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta has said that the 30 percent reduction in company income tax for pioneer status firms will boost Foreign Direct Investment, FDI, in the telecoms sector. Danbatta, who made the remarks in Durban, South Africa, during the 2018 ITU Telecom World conference, […]
The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) and the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) on Monday hinted that they had launched a joint investigation into the series of consumer abuses in the telecommunication sector. The two agencies in a statement jointly signed by their managements reported that their action necessitated by the need to protect consumers in the […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) today unveiled plans to license telecom companies to host lotteries on their networks. The Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, gave this hint during the review of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the NCC and National Lottery Regulatory Commission in Abuja. He said: “Very soon we […]