….as implementation kicks of Tuesday Telecommunications services subscribers in the country have commended the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) on its directive to mobile network operators (MNOs) to commence implementation of approved harmonised short codes (HSC) for providing certain services to telecom consumers nationwide. In line with its consumer-centric approach to telecom regulation in the […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Monday directed mobile network operators (MNOs) to commence implementation of approved harmonized short codes (HSC) for providing certain services to telecom consumers in Nigeria in furtherance of its consumer-centric approach to telecoms regulation in the country. The Commission, in a statement issued by its Director, Corporate Communications, Rueben Muoka, […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), attracted industry commendation for its efficient regulatory processes that have given verve to the realisation of full digital economy in the country at the opening of the AfricaNext event which kicked off on Monday in Lagos. The Chief Executive Officer of CashToken Africa, Mr. Lai Labode, commended the Commission for […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has inaugurated an industry-wide committee to facilitate the deployment of broadband infrastructure under a project named, National Communications Backbone (NCB), nationwide. Chaired by the commission’s Director of Digital Economy, Dr. Augustine Nwaulune, with Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), Infrastructure Companies (InfraCos), and Tower Companies (TowerCos) as members, the Committee, named the National […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the nation’s telecoms industry regulator, has reported that a total of 301.5 million lines were connected to mobile network operators’ (MNOs’) networks nationwide as of May 2022. However, the just published report by the commission indicated that only 204.2 million of the numbers were in active use, thereby implying that […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has charged Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), their licensed agents and telecom subscribers nationwide to always comply with the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) registration, activation and replacement procedures as set out in the Revised National Identity Policy for SIM Registration. The Commission gave this charge during the 6th Edition of the […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it is taking a decisive regulatory move to ensure sustainability, profitability and fair competition in the Special Numbering Service (SNS) segment of the nation’s telecommunications sector. The commission stated that the move was based on the decision of the Commission to hold a Stakeholders’ Forum on the ‘Determination […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has proposed new requirements for Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card acquisition in Nigeria, including that Nigerians or residents below the age of 18 will not qualify to register and own a SIM. According to the draft copy of the modified Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations published on the commission’s website, […]
The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, on Thursday said that the deployment of the Five Generation (5G) network in the country would begin from in January 2022. The minister, who made the disclosure in Maiduguri at a Town Hall meeting organized to discuss the challenges of power and telecommunications infrastructure vandalism […]
The Federal Government at the weekend appealed to telecommunication operators in the country to discontinue their planned suspension of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) services to banks over the lenders’ N42 billion indebtedness. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, who made the appeal on Saturday in statement issued by his Technical Assistant […]