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- 18 Jul 2025
Operators Seek Action Over Persistent Vandalization of Telecommunications Infrastructure Across Nigeria
The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has expressed deep concern over the increasing wave of vandalization and theft of telecommunications infrastructure across…
- 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…
- 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…
- 3 Feb 2016
ALTON Seeks FG Support to Address Operational Challenges
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) is seeking the intervention of the federal government to address operational challenges faced by telecommunications operators…
- 24 Jul 2026
ALTON Highlights Telecom Operators' Role in Bridging Nigeria's Digital Divide @NITRA Conference
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has called for stronger collaboration among government, regulators, operators and other stakeholders to accelerate efforts at…
- 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…
- 11 Dec 2020
Telcos Seek Subscribers’ Understanding over Suspension of Activation of New SIM Cards
Telecommunications operators in Nigeria under the umbrella of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), has urged subscribers of their network to exercise patience…
- 26 Jan 2022
ALTON Urges Caution Over Media Coverage of 5G and Aviation Operations
The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has urged telecommunications subscribers in the country to be cautious over the on-going debate in the United State of…
- 6 Jan 2019
ALTON Reacts to Media Report on NCC’s Telecom Operators’ Illegalities
The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has reacted to media report not Nigeria CommunicationsWeek on NCC Telecom Operators’ illegalities and wishes to set the…
- 8 Jun 2020
PMAN Accuses Telcos of Lack of Revenue Accountability
Performing Musicians Employers Association of Nigeria (PMAN) has threatened to sue telecom operators under the aegis of the Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) for…
- 2 Oct 2012
Operators Mull Study to Stem Terror Attacks
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (Alton), the umbrella body of telecom operators has commissioned a study on the socio-economic impact of telecom operations in the…
- 21 Sept 2010
Nesrea Shutdown of BTS Affects Service Quality- Alton
Telecommunications operators under the aegis of Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (Alton) has said that it could no longer guarantee quality of service in some…
- 12 Dec 2019
NITRA Bags Telecoms Industry Support Award
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has honoured Nigeria Information Technology Reporters’ Association (NITRA) with the Telecoms Industry Support Award in…
- 28 Jun 2026
Telecom Operators Back Plan to Turn Nigeria Into Africa's Smartphone Manufacturing Hub
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria has thrown its weight behind the Nigerian Communications Commission's push for local smartphone manufacturing, saying the initiative…
- 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 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…
- 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…
- 21 Oct 2020
Telcos Kick as Kogi Slams New Tax on BTS
Telecommunications operators under the aegis of Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators in Nigeria (ALTON) have kicked against the introduction of business premises tax on transceiver…
- 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…
- 19 Aug 2017
ALTON Decries Impact of OTT on Telecom Operations
The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has decried the impact of over the top service (OTT) on the telecom operations in the country. Engr. Gbenga Adebayo,…
- 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…
- 4 May 2022
Telcos Propose 40 Per cent Tariff Hike for Data, Calls
Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), umbrella body of licensed telecoms operators has asked for a 40 per cent increase in the cost of calls, SMS and data due to…
- 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 Oct 2015
ALTON Seeks Compensation for Telcos over BTS Destroyed by Boko Haram
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has called on Federal Government to extend its compensation for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to telecommunications…
- 10 Nov 2025
ALTON Seeks Clear Rules to Strengthen Nigeria’s Digital Economy
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has urged lawmakers to provide unambiguous regulatory guidance in the proposed National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill,…
- 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…
- 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…
- 6 Jun 2021
Twitter: Telecos Begin Implementation of Suspension Order
The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), an umbrella body of telecom operators in the country has confirmed that it received formal instructions from the Nigerian…
- 4 Jun 2021
ALTON, IXPN Endorse Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on IG4D 2021
The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has endorsed this year’s Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D), slated for…
- 4 Nov 2012
Hostile States to Pay More for Phone Calls-Alton
Telecommunications operators and service providers under the aegis of Association of licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (Alton) has threatened to introduce discriminatory tariffs based…