30 results
- 12 Apr 2010
SIM Registration: Atcon, Alton Say ‘No 3rd Party’
Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (Atcon) and the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (Alton) have said that third parties should not be allowed in…
- 24 Apr 2024
ALTON, ATCON Urge FG to Address Telecoms Industry Challenges
The Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) and The Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), representing Mobile Network Operators and telecommunication…
- 28 Nov 2019
Telcos Challenge Banks to Stop Charging for Use of USSD
Telecommunications companies under the aegis of Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), has challenged banks to stop charging telecoms subscribers for the use of the…
- 7 Aug 2025
Telcos Say Mobile, Internet Services in Nigeria may Collapse
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), the umbrella body for all mobile network operators, tower companies, and telecommunications infrastructure providers in…
- 23 Jul 2017
Data Floor Plan: ALTON Cries Out “ISPs Selling Below Cost”
Association of Licensed Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ALTON) has called on the National Assembly to urgently review the position on the telecommunications Data Floor Plan. To save the…
- 11 Aug 2008
ITWorld, NCC Host Forum on Broadband Internet
ITWorld International in collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Starcomms and Ericsson is organizing a workshop on broadband internet. The session which is an integral part…
- 24 Nov 2008
Natcoms Berates Alton's Planned Tariff HIke
National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (Natcoms) has berated Association of licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (Alton) on its threat to hike call tariff in some states…
- 2 Apr 2018
ALTON Seeks Judiciary Interpretation over NA Oversight on Telcos
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has instituted a legal action in court seeking interpretation of the provisions of the constitution on the extent of the…
- 20 Jun 2025
USSD: 13 Banks Clear Debts - ALTON
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Companies in Nigeria (ALTON) has revealed that 13 commercial banks have fully settled their outstanding Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD)…
- 5 Sept 2012
Boko Haram Bombs Northern Base Stations
Series of bombings early this morning in some North Eastern states of Nigeria have reduced more than 25 base stations to rubbles, Association of Licensed Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria…
- 14 Apr 2019
Telcos Mull Tariff Review to Cushion Harsh Business Climate
Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), the industry body for all telecommunications companies in Nigeria, said that it is proposing a cost-based tariff for voice…
- 25 Aug 2008
Atcon Berate Stakeholders on Telecom Awards
The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (Atcon) has expressed displeasure over the flagrant abuse of "Nigeria Telecom/ICT Awards" even by organizations, and individuals…
- 25 Nov 2018
NCC Mandates ATCON to Mediate in ALTON, Kogi Face-off
Worried by the adverse impact of shutdown of cell sites by Kogi state government and threat by Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) to withdraw telecommunications…
- 30 Apr 2018
RoW: State Govts Demand N600Bn from Telcos
Telecommunications companies licensed to deploy broadband infrastructure across the country will have to cough out about N600 billion in Right of Way (RoW) charges to the 36 states of the federation.…
- 12 May 2023
Telcos to Disconnect Banks’ USSD Service over N120Bn Debt
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has directed its Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) members to disconnect Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) if they fail to pay the debt…
- 17 Nov 2009
Agu, Adegbola to Speak at Cyber Nigeria Forum 2009
Anayo Agu, the senior business specialist at the US Embassy Nigeria, and Dr. Tunde Adegbola executive director of African Languages Technology Initiative, and lecturer at the University of Ibadan…
- 29 Jan 2019
Banks Liable for Stolen Cash via Mobile Networks- Telcos
Telecommunications operators under the umbrella of Association of Licensed Telecoms Companies of Nigeria (ALTON), has advised bank customers to hold their banks responsible for any money lost to…
- 28 Apr 2024
Wale Owoeye Shines among Nigeria’s Top 50 Digital Economy Leaders
Wale Owoeye, the Managing Director/CEO of Cedarview Communications Limited, a leading ICT firm based in Lagos State, has been honored as one of Nigeria’s 50 most influential personalities in the…
- 21 Oct 2018
Operators, Others Left Out in New National Broadband Council
Key stakeholders in the country’s information and communications technology have been left out in the newly reconstituted Nigeria National Broadband Council, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek can now…
- 22 Oct 2017
Operators Kick over Exclusion from National Broadband Council
Key stakeholders in the country’s information and communications technology have been left out in the newly reconstituted Nigeria National Broadband Council. A document of the new council…
- 27 Nov 2012
Atcon Calls for Fake Phones Switch off, NCC Warns Dealers
Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (Atcon) has asked the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) to compel telecommunications operators to switch off all fake and substandard…
- 15 Aug 2024
Telecommunications industry has become a victim of its own success – ALTON Chairman, Gbenga Adebayo laments
Gbenga Adebayo, Chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators in Nigeria (ALTON) has called for regulatory reforms within the country’s telecommunications sector, to alleviate…
- 27 Jun 2018
Odds Favours MTN as Endorsements Flow for Acquisition of Visafone Frequency
Nigerian subscribers and industry associations have urged the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to allow MTN take over the operating license and frequency spectrum of Visafone’s Code Division…
- 23 Aug 2010
Atcon Inks MOU with Itan
Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (Atcon) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Information Technology Association of Nigeria (Itan) to facilitate the need for…
- 2 Mar 2016
ALTON Seeks Collaboration with Police to Address Sector Challenges
Association Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) is seeking collaboration with the Nigerian Police Force to address challenges faced by telecommunications operators in the…
- 6 May 2024
Rewane, Financial Expert Backs Telcos’ Move to Hike Tariff
Bismarck Rewane, managing director/chief executive officer, Financial Derivatives Company Limited has backed telecommunication companies’ move to increase tariffs. Recall that telecom companies…
- 17 Nov 2023
Telcos Mull Tariff Hike over Rising Operating Cost
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), has said that the current tariff regime in the telecom sector is not sustainable. ALTON, the umbrella body of…
- 1 Oct 2021
NCC, NITDA, GBB, Zoho, others Support #AfriTECH2021
) has received support from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC),Africa Tech Alliance Forum 2021 (#AfriTECH National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), African ICT Foundation…
- 13 Oct 2017
Telecos Seek Licences To Boost Financial Inclusion
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), has said operators have commenced discussion with Central Bank of Nigeria for licences to provide mobile payment services. Mr…
- 11 Apr 2021
Banks Wriggle to Avoid Payment of N43Bn Owed Telcos
The dispute over the N42 billion owed telecommunications operators in the country by money deposit banks took a new dimension at the weekend as the banks claimed they are not indebted to the telcos…