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- 11 Dec 2019
NCC Recommits to Accounting Separation Framework on Telecom Industry
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reiterated its commitment for the implementation of Accounting Separation Framework that would outline the key principle and guidelines required for…
- 17 Nov 2022
NCC Commends Ondo Govt Broadband Plan through Odua Infraco, Sets up Committee
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has commended the Government of Ondo State for its commitment to deployment of broadband infrastructure through the Odua Infraco, urging other states to…
- 29 Jul 2021
Spectrum Pricing Regulations, Revised AOL will Strengthen Telecoms Market Structure, Enhance Competition - Danbatta
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said that the ongoing amendments to two major regulatory instruments of the Commission…
- 24 Nov 2014
NCC Charges MTN Music Ambassadors to be Good Example to Youth
The telecommunications sector is the first genuine platform that has taken over virtually every aspect of human development since the revolution began via the Digital Mobile Licences 2001,…
- 13 Sept 2021
Pantami Tasks NCC on Speedy Implementation of 5G Policy
Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has urged the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to prepare for immediate and effective implementation of the…
- 3 May 2012
NCC Queries MTN over Poor Services
Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC) has asked MTN Nigeria Communications Ltd, to explain why the Commission will not visit it with appropriate sanctions for the unbearable poor quality of…
- 9 May 2013
NCC Slams Fines on GSM Majors over Sim Cards
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has imposed fines on four mobile services operators for contravening the provisions on pre-registration of SIM Cards in Nigeria, infurtherance of the…
- 7 Feb 2020
NCC Reaffirms Commitment to Promote Healthy Competition Among Telecom Operators
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has reiterated its commitment to maintain an enabling environment for healthy competition among telecommunications operators. The Commission said…
- 24 Jan 2013
NCC Wields the Big Stick, Slashes SMS Tariff
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) this morning announced a new price cap of N4.00 per message for all domestic off-net short messaging service with effect from February 5, in the first…
- 5 Feb 2015
Telecoms Subscriber Base Hits 136m-NCC
Nigeria telephone subscriber base has leaped from less than 500,000 in 2000 to over 136 million fixed and mobile lines in November 2014, the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) said yesterday.…
- 2 Dec 2022
NCC Seeks Judiciary's Interest in ICT Trends
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is seeking the nation's judiciary to be part of Information Communications Technology (ICT) trends, whose impact has now affected ways that justice is…
- 11 May 2012
NCC Fines Mobile Majors N1.2Bn for Poor Quality of Service
Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has wielded the big stick on the country’s major mobile service providers; MTN Nigeria, Etisalat, Airtel and Globacom for the poor quality of services rendered…
- 25 Jun 2012
The Telco Business As a Service Provider
The recent feud between MTN, Glo, Airtel and Etisalat – , Nigeria’s big four mobile operators and the Nigeria Communications Communication (NCC), the industry regulator leading to a hefty cumulative…
- 22 Apr 2013
MNP Gives Subscribers Power to Fire GSM Operators
The telecom industry yesterday gave birth to mobile number portability (MNP), a new democratic environment which empowers a subscriber to dump his or her network service provider if he or she is not…
- 16 Dec 2013
FG Barks, Vows to Sanction Telcos over Poor QoS
The federal government is to prosecute telecommunications operators, found to be fleecing subscribers through poor service delivery just as the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has given the…
- 14 Feb 2015
NCC Spreads Digital Dividends to Varsities, Others via ADAPTI, DAP
AS part of its deliberate digital inclusion policy to address digital divides across a broad spectrum of the society generally and the school system in particular, the Nigerian Communications…
- 24 Mar 2015
NCC Moves to End Unfair Transmission Cable Pricing, Monopoly
Nigeria n Communications Commission (NCC) in its tradition of harnessing stakeholders’ views before issuing out regulatory guidelines, on Tuesday, in Lagos, sought to know industry players’ input…
- 17 Feb 2017
NCC to Tighten Noose on Call Refiling, Masking & Sim-Box Fraud
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it has zero tolerance for ‘Communications Fraud’ in the market. Communications Fraud entails the use of telecommunications products or services…
- 2 Feb 2018
NCC set to Implement New Interconnect Mobile Voice Termination Rates
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it will arrive at a decision on rates of (interconnect) Mobile Voice Termination Rates, after studying findings of a cost based study by the…
- 31 Oct 2022
Gambian Minister Applauds Nigeria's Strides in Telecom Regulation
The Gambian Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Ousman Bah, at the weekend in Abuja, said Nigeria's giant strides in telecom regulation are the reason that the nation's telecoms…
- 15 Nov 2022
5G Auction Driven by Pursuit of Better Quality of Life, Not Revenue – Danbatta
Professor Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said in Lagos, Tuesday, that the efforts by the Commission to timely auction available…
- 21 Nov 2016
Singapore Eyes Investment in Nigeria’s Telecom, Others
Singapore Investment Corporation (SIC) has embarked on fact finding mission to Nigeria with interest in vast areas of investment opportunities in the country, especially telecommunication, oil and…
- 14 Jul 2021
Danbatta, Others Extol Retired Deputy Director, Jerry Ugwu
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and other staff of the Commission, have commended the dedication, hard work and outstanding work ethics…
- 28 Feb 2013
NCC Slams Mobile Majors with N22M Fine
Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) this evening slammed a total of N22 million fine on four GSM operators for contravening the ban on promotions and lotteries on their respective networks. Ms.…
- 10 Mar 2016
NCC Unveils New Draft to Check Overpricing
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has unveiled a new draft policy regulation on determination of cost based pricing of fixed transmission services for operators in Nigeria. The new draft was…
- 4 May 2018
Telecom operators Want NCC to Intervene on indebtedness of small companies
Telecommunications operators on Wednesday called on the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to look into the indebtedness of smaller telecom operators and support them to survive competition.…
- 6 Nov 2022
NCC Inaugurates Committee to Accelerate Broadband Infrastructure Deployment
In a bid to give verve to expansion of broadband services in the country, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has inaugurated an industry-wide committee to facilitate the deployment of…
- 24 Feb 2017
Confusion as Thugs Vandalise MTN Office over Xenophobia Attacks
MTN Nigeria’s office in Abuja was attacked by some suspected thugs on Thursday in reprisal to the xenophobia attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. The thugs, according to reports, catered away…
- 11 Aug 2015
Shake Up @ NCC as Danbatta, New NCC Boss Redeploys Staff
Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reshuffled 53 management staff and reversed the deployment of some staff made in the twilight of his…