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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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 27 Jul 2021
ATCON, ALTON Back Infrastructure Sharing Rules to Make a Difference
Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) and the Association of Licenced Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) have supported the introduction of collocation and…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 31 Oct 2018
ATCON Urges Members to Patronize NIGCOMSAT for Broadband Penetration
Engr. Olusola Teniola, President of Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria, ATCON, has urged telecommunications operators to embrace the services of Nigeria Communications Satellite,…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 21 Nov 2022
NCC, WTL, IMBIL, Others to Headline TSSF’s Conference on Mobile Virtual Network Operations in Nigeria
As the second edition of the Telecoms Sector Sustainability Forum (TSSF) gathers momentum, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Wireless Technology Labs, IMBIL Telecom among many others are…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 18 May 2022
Engr. Gbenga Adebayo to Review 'Sagacity of a Digital Revolution'
Engr. Gbenga Adebayo, chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) would be reviewing the latest book in the industry, entitled ‘Sagacity of a digital…
- 1 Oct 2016
Over 20 Mobile Phone Brands in Nigeria Market Not Approved
‎The Association of Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ATCON), has called for urgent measures to curb the increasing rate of dumping fake mobile phones in the countrMr. Olusola Teniola,…
- 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…