The Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has canvassed the need for fresh investments in the nation’s communications technology sub-sector to sustain growth and harness the sub-sectors’ potential for the nation’s industrial revolution. Specifically, the industry regulator pointed out that such new investments in digital technologies would enable Nigeria to actively […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Tuesday disclosed that the number of Internet users in the country rose to 103 million in May. The Executive Vice Chairman of the commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, gave this hint in Abuja at the Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF) 2018 with the theme ‘Internet: An Enabler for Good Governance’. […]
As part of a stakeholder consultation session organised by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on the 30 May, the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) presented the findings of its study on over-the-top (OTT) services to the Nigerian ICT industry. According to a press release issued by the CTO on the event, the initiative is to avail […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has threatened to sanction any telecommunications service provider in the country who indulges in automatic or unwarranted renewal of data packages without the consent of the subscribers N5 million penalty. The Commission’s Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, expressed the regulatory institution’s position on the issue at the first […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reported 892,547 new active mobile phone lines in March this year, thereby raising the total active mobile phone lines in the country to 148,854,338. The total active mobile lines in February stood at 147,961,791. These figures were among the key information contained in the Commission’s monthly Subscribers Operator Data […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has sealed the premises of some telecom companies in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, and Calabar in Cross River State, for violating the guidelines for the deployment of 5.4GHz frequency band in the states. The Commission had on 3rd April, 2018 issued a public notice, based on the guidelines for […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday said that it remitted N49.7 billion to the Federal Government in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. The Commission’s Director of Public Affairs, Mr Tony Ojobo, who made the closure in a statement, indicated that the figure represented the “Payment on Account” in respect of operating surplus […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that national roaming and active infrastructure sharing has the potential of ending rural-urban digital divide in the country. The NCC Executive Vice-Chairman, Prof. Umar Danbatta, stated this at a stakeholders’ forum on “Development of Framework for National Roaming and Active Infrastructure Sharing in Nigeria’’ held in Lagos. Danbatta, […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission, the nation’s telecoms industry regulator, has confirmed the payment of N165 billion by the MTN, Nigeria’s largest telecoms operator by subscriber base. The payment is part of the N330 billion fine imposed on the telco in August 2015 following its failure to disconnect SIM cards not properly registered. The Nigerian authorities […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has put the total active mobile phone lines in the country at 146 million in January this year, representing an increase of 2,233,467 lines over active lines in December 2017. The figures were contained in the Commission’s monthly Subscribers Operator Data posted on its website. The Commission reported that the […]