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- 8 Jul 2018
NCC Puts Active Mobile Lines @ 162m
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says active mobile telephone lines in Nigeria have increased to 162 million. It said in its monthly Subscribers Operator Data posted on its website over…
- 24 Sept 2018
NCC says Active Mobile Lines Drop to 160.5m in August
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says active mobile telephone lines in Nigeria decreased marginally to 160.5 million in August from 161.42 million in July. NCC made this known in its…
- 4 Jun 2018
Active Mobile Lines in Nigeria Hit 160m – NCC
Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has said that active mobile telephone lines in Nigeria rose from the 149 million in March to 160 million in April, indicating an increase of 11, 226, 713…
- 31 Jul 2018
NCC says Active Mobile Lines Reach 162.3m in June
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says active mobile telephone lines in Nigeria have increased to 162.30 million in June. NCC said in the monthly Subscribers Operator Data posted on its…
- 26 Oct 2018
NCC says Active Mobile Lines Increased to 162m in September
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says active mobile telephone lines in Nigeria increased to 162,032,053 in September. NCC made this known in its Monthly Subscriber/Operator Data posted on…
- 19 Jan 2016
Active Telephone Lines in Nigeria now 152m – NCC
The active lines in Nigeria’s telecommunications industry increased to over 152 million in the month of November 2015, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said. The commission made this…
- 10 Jan 2020
Telcos Add 10m Phone Lines in 11 Months
Mobile network operators activated a total of 10 million lines between January and November of the year, according to the latest statistics released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).…
- 20 Apr 2015
CcHUB Study Reveals How Blue-Collar Nigerians Use Their Phone
Statistics from the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) shows that Nigeria, the most populous black nation, boasts of 142 million active lines and over 167 million phones. Active mobile internet…
- 7 Oct 2015
Active Telecom Customers Hit 151m
Active lines in the nation’s telecommunications industry rose to 151,018,624 in the month of August, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said. The commission made this known in its…
- 31 Aug 2018
Telcos Lose Over 800,000 Subscribers in July
Statistics from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) shows number of active subscriptions for mobile telephony services in Nigeria dropped by 881,586 in the month of July. By this…
- 21 Aug 2016
Inactive Phone Lines Hit 67m- NCC
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says inactive lines in the country’s telecommunications industry have increased from 65,186,763 in May to 67,331,498 in June 2016. This is contained in the…
- 5 Sept 2018
MTN Rings into More Troubles as 1m Subscribers Dump Network
MTN, Nigeria’s largest telecommunications company, lost 999,891 subscribers between June and July, according to the latest industry statistics released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC.…
- 15 Sept 2016
Inactive Phone Numbers Increased to 76m in July – NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that inactive telephone numbers in the country have increased from 67,331,498 in June to 76,164,149 in July. In its “Monthly Subscriber Data’’…
- 29 Nov 2018
NCC says Telcos Added Three million New Phone Lines in October
Active telephone lines in Nigeria increased from 162,058,918 in September to 165,239,443 in October 2018, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said. The commission made this known in its…
- 13 Jun 2018
Telecoms Operators Seek Policy Flexibility in Favour of CDMAs
The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has called for policy flexibility in favour of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) operators. Engr. Gbenga Adebayo, ALTON…
- 14 Sept 2017
Nigeria Still World’s Most Mobilized Country, Traffic Hits 81%- Twinpine
Nigeria has retained its position as world’s most mobilized country, a new report released by Twinpine has shown. The Twinpine’s 2017 “Nigeria Mobile Trends Report”, shows Nigeria gained 5% from the…
- 30 Jun 2014
Fixed Telephones Ring Distress as Numbers Plummet
Nigerian Communications Commissions (NCC) at the weekend released her latest data showing that fixed telephone operators lost more than 56 per cent of their active lines in the past one year.…
- 15 Jul 2020
Telecom Subscribers Spend N335.94Bn on Calls, SMS, Data in May
Telecommunications consumers in the country spent some N335.94 billion in May, according to findings by Business A.M. In arriving at the figures, Business A.M, estimated that each active telephone…
- 10 Dec 2020
9mobile, CBN, Ecobank, Others Brainstorm Deepening Financial Inclusion in Nigeria
As part of efforts to promote financial inclusion among the unbanked and underbanked population in Nigeria, innovative telecoms brand, 9mobile, joined Ecobank, Vanguard Newspapers, Sanef, and other…
- 13 Dec 2019
Telcos Lose N119Bn Monthly as Subscribers Abandon SIM Cards
MTN Nigeria, Globacom, Airtel, 9Mobile and ntel, the country’s main mobile network operators (MNOs), are losing monthly a handsome sum of potential revenues running into billions of naira to the…
- 1 Nov 2015
SIM Registration Takes Toll on Telcos, Lose 357, 993 Lines in September
The ongoing SIM registration exercise- activation, re-activation and deactivation, is taking toll on the businesses of telecos as over 350,000 lines have become dormant. According to Nigerian…
- 12 Jul 2015
Nigeria Has 146m Active Telecoms Subscribers- NCC
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said that the active lines in the nation’s telecommunications industry stood at 146,561,744 in the month of May. The commission made this known in its…
- 16 Aug 2016
Concerns over Floods of Active Unregistered SIM Cards
Some mobile phone SIM card traders in Nigeria are still selling lines without registering purchasers, fuelling telecommunications violations and criminality, according to Daily Trust. Nigerian…
- 20 Sept 2016
Etisalat Says Telecoms Sector is Critical to Banking
Etisalat has restated its commitment to the Federal Government's programme to ensure financial inclusion for all strata of the Nigerian population. Adia Sowho, director, Digital Business, Etisalat…
- 9 Jan 2020
Telcos Claim Voicemail Does not require Regulation
Telecommunications operators in the country under the aegis of Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) have insisted that the voicemail service on mobile telephone lines does…
- 28 Feb 2024
Uncertainty over SIM-NIN Linkage as Deadline Nears
The fate of many telecommunication subscribers hangs in the balance following a court ruling restraining telecom providers from implementing a directive by the Nigerian Communications Commission…
- 15 Jul 2019
NCC Remits N51.3Bn to FG in Q1 2019
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has remitted N51.3 billion to the Federal Government’s Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) in the first quarter of 2019. The remittance, according to Prof.…
- 18 Aug 2008
As Nigeria Celebrates Seven Years of GSM
This month of August marks seven years since the country began the liberalization of telecommunications industry through adoption of Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) technology. The…
- 23 Aug 2010
GSM Service Nine Years After
Some 9 years ago Nigerians were looking forward to the dawn of a new era in view of the license granted to three operators then to render services at the 900MHz frequency spectrum with Global System…
- 14 Jun 2022
Nigeria’s ICT Industry Growing in Leaps and Bounds – Pantami
Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has told the global digital community that Nigeria has been witnessing phenomenal growth in its Information and…