The Nigerian Communications Commission has announced the assignment of new 357.53 million telephone numbers to telecommunications operators for subscription by users nationwide. The commission, which made the disclosure in its Q3 2020 National Numbering Plan (NNP) released on Tuesday, indicated that the new telephones numbers and belonged to about 32 licensed telecom operators and were […]
The Minister of Communications, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami, on Tuesday asked the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the telecom industry regulator, to consider the possibility of reducing data cost for millions of Nigerian telecom subscribers amid growing complaints by them on extortion by service providers. The minister gave the charge when the management of the commission, […]
The 2020 Appropriation Bill on Tuesday scaled second reading on the floor of the Senate. Consequently, upper chamber adjourned its plenary until 29th November to enable government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) defend their budget proposals before the Committees of the Senate. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, in his concluding remarks during the debate on […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reported that over eight million telecommunication services subscribers were illegally connected by telecom operators for value added services (VAS) without their consent or knowledge. The industry regulator discovered the illegal act of the operators after conducting in last December an audit exercise on forceful mass activations of telecoms subscribers […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) reported on Friday that Internet users in the country increased marginally to over 113.8 million in January 2018, from the 111.63 million subscribers in the preceding month. The commission, in its ‘Monthly Internet Subscribers Data for January 2019’ hoisted on its website, reported that overall internet users increased to 113,875,204 […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reported that about 12 million telecommunications subscribers have asked service providers not to disturb them with unsolicited text messages and calls. The commission’s Executive Vice Chairman, Prof. Umar Danbatta, made this disclosure when he met with Kano actors and film makers (popularly known as Kannywood) in Kano. While urging […]
A report by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on subscribers’ usage of number portability platform from January to September this year indicated that users were no longer exploring the option of porting their numbers as they did in the past. Rather, subscribers appeared to be buying new lines to make up for hiccups in their […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Friday disclosed that active mobile telephone lines in the country increased to 162,032,053 in September, representing 1,172,433 lines above the 160,859,620 recorded in August. The commission gave the latest figures in its Monthly Subscriber/Operator Data posted on its website. According to the statistical data published by the regulatory the […]
The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, on Thursday urged state governments to invest in the implementation of broadband policy of the Federal Government. The industry regulator gave the charge at a one-day stakeholders’ broadband engagement forum held in Kano. Danbatta noted that state governments had a vital role to play […]
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 […]