The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MTN Nigeria Plc, Mr. Karl Toriola has predicted that Nigeria will be the most advanced 5G country in Africa as the 5G technology deployment continues to gain momentum in the country. The telecom expert, who made this forecast during the commercial launch of the 5G technology by his company […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has partnered the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to tackle some of the criminal activities bedeviling the telecom industry, such as telecom equipment vandalism and fraudulent registration of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards among others. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, who addressed a gathering of senior […]
The Federal Government on Monday announced the suspension of its proposed 5% excise duty on telecommunication services with effect from the 2023 fiscal year. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Pantami, announced the suspension in Abuja during the inaugural meeting of the Presidential Committee on Excise Duty for the Digital Economy Sector, […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) reported that over 50,000 cases of major damages to telecom infrastructure and facilities were recorded across the country in the past five years, raising alarm over the implications of the unsavoury incidents to the quality of telecommunications services in the country. The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the NCC, Prof. […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the nation’s telecommunications sector regulatory authority, has extended Mafab Communications Limited’s 5G network roll out by five months, indicating that the operator has the grace up to January 2023 to roll out the service. Mafab, a new entrant into the nation’s telecommunications sector, won the 5G spectrum licence alongside MTN […]
The Federal Government has commended the leadership of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for the commission’s transformational initiatives that earned the nation international reputation and positioned the telecom regulator in the forefront of the nation’s quest for futuristic national development. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. William Alo, gave this commendation […]
The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Lekan Balogun, has supported the ongoing advocacy by the Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC) to Nigerians on the need for protection of telecom facilities in the country in view of the invaluable benefits of the sector to national development. The monarch, who spoke through the Ayingun Olubadan of Ibadan, Chief Ademola […]
…parleys VCs, experts at roundtable conference The Board Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Adeolu Akande, has restated the commitment of the commission to commit more funds to research and prototypes resulting from grants from the commission to the academia. The assurance by the chairman is coming at the backdrop of the recent […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has committed over N500 million to the Nigerian universities and other tertiary institutions across the country to facilitate research and innovations to promote developments in the Nigerian telecommunications industry. The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, who disclosed this at a two-day Regional Roundtable […]
MTN Nigeria (MTNN), the country’s largest mobile operator by subscriptions, has installed more than 100 5G base stations ahead of a commercial rollout of the high speed service from the end of this month. News reports indicated that the base stations were deployed in partnership with Chinese equipment vendor, Huawei. It would be recalled that […]