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- 9 Jun 2017
Interconnect Clearing Houses Crucial for Telcos- Nnamani
Ikechukwu Nnamani, president and chief executive officer of Medallion Communications Limited, believes that interconnect clearing houses infrastructure provisioning have helped business growth for…
- 5 Dec 2016
Telcos Frustrating Data Centres, Voice Clearing Houses with Interconnectivity
Efforts at encouraging local hosting of internet content as well as the survival of interconnect clearing houses in the country are been frustrated by GSM operators through interconnectivity issues.…
- 7 Dec 2012
Debts Mount as Telcos Shun Clearing Houses
Telecommunications operators in the country have reverted to the old system of passing traffic directly without going through clearing houses, a development that has led to the current high…
- 15 Jun 2009
Number Portability without Interconnect Houses’ll be Chaotic -Nnamani
Ikechukwu Nnamani, president/CEO of Medallion Communications Limited has made outstanding contributions to the development of the telecommunications industry in Nigeria. He played pivotal roles in…
- 4 Jun 2012
Number Portability will Benefit Operators & Subscribers - Onwudiwe
Uche Onwudiwe is the chief operating officer of Interconnect Clearing House, one of the companies licensed by Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to implement Number Portability in…
- 9 Jul 2017
Operators Seek Interconnect Settlement Scheme as Indebtedness Rises
Stakeholders in the telecommunications ecosystem have urged Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to establish Interconnect Settlement Scheme to address issues arising from interconnect…
- 13 Nov 2016
Calls to Decentralize Clearing Circuits for Improved QoS, Reduced Cost
Ike Nnamani, chief executive officer, Medallion, a telecommunications voice clearing house operator has canvassed for the decentralization of clearing circuits in the country to improve quality of…
- 14 Dec 2012
NCC Blames Exchanges, Others for High Indebtedness
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has attributed the high incidence of interconnection indebtedness in the telecommunications industry to inability of Interconnect exchanges to pay operators…
- 18 Oct 2020
Danbatta, Urges Telcos to Review their Business Model
Prof. Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has urged telecommunications operators in the country to review their business model to ensure a healthy…
- 13 Aug 2019
Stakeholders Disagree over Approach to Interconnect Quagmire
Stakeholders in the telecommunications space have disagreed over the best way to address the lingering interconnection problems arising from indebtedness in the sector. This is coming against the…
- 19 Feb 2018
Subscribers Groan as Operators Fight over Interconnect issues
Subscribers of Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) services are lamenting over their inability to make seamless call over different network as a result of interconnectivity issues. …
- 31 May 2022
NCC, Stakeholders Chart New Path to Effective Telecoms Regulation, Industry Growth
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has hosted the second edition of the Nigerian Telecoms Leadership Summit, in line with its tradition and commitment to engage with stakeholders in the…
- 5 Jul 2018
Medallion Bags Interconnectivity Company award @ GITTA
Medallion Communications, Nigeria Telecom House has won another Interconnect Company of the year award at the Ghana Information And Telecom Awards, organized by InstinctWave in Accra, Ghana. Reacting…
- 14 Feb 2012
Operators, NP Firms Commence Negotiation on Implementation
Ahead of September date fixed by Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for the commencement of number portability (NP) in the country’s telecommunications space, licensed NP providers and…
- 12 Oct 2020
Orange Seeks Collaboration to Drive One Africa Network Project
Telecommunications firm Orange, a platinum member of the Smart Africa Alliance, supports the One Africa Network (OAN) project, established to help reduce the cost of communication and keep the…
- 4 Mar 2019
Infrastructure Leasing Debts Push Telecom Debts to N165Bn
Contrary to widely perceived belief that interconnect debts in the telecommunications sector account for greater percentage of telecom industry indebtedness, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek ’s…
- 26 Jun 2017
Direct Peering, Cost as Roadblocks to Telecom Development- Experts
Stakeholders in the country’s telecommunications ecosystem have identified direct peering among service providers as well as high cost of national transmission link as major obstacles to the…
- 2 May 2018
Medallion Wins Best ICT Clearinghouse @ BoICT Awards
Telecommunications infrastructure servicing company, Medallion Communications Limited has been adjudged the best ICT Clearing House of the Year, at the Beacon of Information and Communications…
- 24 Jan 2018
6 Telecom Firms May Lose Licences over Call masking
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) may suspend the operational licenses of six companies implicated for their alleged involvement in call masking- a technique used to allow SMS to be sent or…
- 6 Oct 2008
Nigeria, Others Spend $400m on Local Traffic Annually—Rudman
Mohammed Rudman, managing director, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria is a multitalented IT expert who has contributed immensely to the development of the industry in Nigeria. He has worked with…
- 21 Feb 2012
Boko Haram: Experts Chide Group over Threat to Telcos
Telecom experts have chided Boko Haram, which claims responsibility for deadliest attacks in the country and urged concerted efforts to protect telecommunications equipment to avert possible…
- 15 Jun 2009
Reinvesting in Telecom
Nigerian telecom industry has been referred to as the fastest growing market in Africa, a reputation she has earned for opening up the sector in 2001. Before the burgeoning revolution, the now…
- 20 May 2008
Alton PRO Joins Etisalat
Mr. Demain Udeh, publicity secretary, Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (Alton) has joined the fifth Global System for Mobile communications operator, Etisalat. Udeh is…
- 5 May 2013
Dual Sim Phones, Others Hobble MNP
Mobile number portability (MNP) arrived with pomp and ceremony a fortnight ago; but the growth has been hobbled by undecided Nigerians who already carry multiple mobile devices, Nigeria…
- 6 Aug 2013
ATCON Wants More Telcos to Drive MNP
Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) is of the view that Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) should add more telecoms operators to engender competition and improve the…
- 22 Sept 2013
Telcos Frustrate MNP- Onwudiwe
Telecom subscribers wishing to migrate from one network to another, under the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) regime, are being frustrated by some telecom operators, according to Uche Onwudiwe, chief…
- 12 Nov 2013
WTL Provides Missing Link for Nigeria’s MNP Initiative
World Telecom Labs (WTL) on Monday announced that it has developed Text-To-Change, a vital component of Nigeria’s Mobile Number Portability (MNP) programme. Text-to-Change shows operators worldwide…
- 23 Apr 2018
Call Masking: NCC Makes U Turn Blames SIM Box Operators
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has blamed SIM Box operators for persistent incidence of call masking in telecommunications system. Call masking is a practice in which callers hide…
- 15 Apr 2014
Zamir Telecom, Exchange Telecom to Interconnect MNOs in Nigeria to Global Telco
Zamir Telecom’s joint venture with Exchange Telecom, enabling multiple STM1 capacity across four cities in Nigeria, has directly connected the global telco to all mobile network operators (MNOs) in…
- 8 Apr 2009
Revealed!: NCS, Why e-Payment is not Working
The take off of Nigeria Central Switch (NCS), a key national payments infrastructure hub would have to wait a little longer until fine details including a set of rule of engagement, policy and legal…