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- 7 Jun 2010
Starcomms Moves to Acquire MTS First Spectrum
MTS First Wireless, pioneer private telephone operator, has begun move to sale its spectrum license it acquired from Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to Starcomms Plc in a deal estimated at…
- 12 Nov 2012
Cash Injection in CDMA Rings Resurgence, Fears
The multi-million dollars cash injection into the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) operations by CAPCOM, the new operator from the merger of Starcomms, Multilinks and MTS First Communications is…
- 4 Apr 2016
Worries as N30Bn Debt Threatens Telecom Sector
The telecoms sector already contending with many problems hindering quality of service; may be finally knocked down by the huge interconnect debt profile which is growing by the day, according to…
- 30 Jun 2014
Fixed Telephones Ring Distress as Numbers Plummet
Nigerian Communications Commissions (NCC) at the weekend released her latest data showing that fixed telephone operators lost more than 56 per cent of their active lines in the past one year.…
- 18 Feb 2018
Concerns as Dead Telephone Lines Litter Nigeria
Latest statistics from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the telecoms industry regulator, has suggested a crowded graveyard for the once active code division multiple access (CDMA)…
- 15 Mar 2015
Dead CDMA Telephone Lines Litter Nigeria
Latest statistics from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the telecoms industry regulator, has suggested a crowded graveyard for the once active code division multiple access (CDMA)…
- 10 Sept 2014
NCC Declares Starcomms, 12 Other Telcos Inactive
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the telecoms industry regulator has declared 13 telecoms operators that were hitherto vibrant, as inactive. The list of inactive operators, which was posted…
- 14 Sept 2014
Remains of CDMAs Litter Telecom Graveyard
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the telecoms industry regulator has declared 13 telecoms operators inactive, suggesting a crowded graveyard especially for the once active code division…
- 11 Sept 2022
NITRA Hails Muoka, Ibietan on NIPR Fellowship
The National body of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Journalists under the aegis of the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA) in Lagos, has applauded the stride…
- 8 Feb 2010
Funds, GSM Killing CDMA Operators Softly
A number of Code Division Multiple Access operators (CDMA) offering fixed and mobile services have seen bad times and are no longer operating optimally, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek can now reveal.…
- 22 Apr 2014
15 Telecom Operators Face Collapse as Subscribers Shrink
The massive growth recorded in the Nigerian telecommunications space since the liberalisation of the industry which started with the return to democratic rule has started to slow down as the fate of…
- 23 Jun 2022
NCC Appoints Reuben Muoka as Director of Public Affairs
The Management of the Nigerian Communications Commission has appointed Reuben Muoka, an innovative journalist and consummate public relations practitioner, as its new Director of Public Affairs…
- 16 Oct 2013
CDMA Rings into Distress as Capcom Deal Stagnates
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) segment of the Nigeria’s telecoms industry is ringing into oblivion as a cloud of uncertainty hang over the sky-high hope raised by the proposed merger of…
- 2 Aug 2010
How Juwah Survived Power Play for NCC’s Top Job
Despite the organized opposition to his appointment, Dr. Eugene Ikemefuna Juwah was last week handed a rare green chance to prove he possess the aptitude to move the telecommunications industry…
- 8 Sept 2022
NIPR Fellowship to Muoka, Ibietan, Meritorious - Danbatta
Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has hailed the conferment of the Fellowship of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations,…
- 26 Jul 2010
Juwah Steps into Ndukwe’s Big Shoe @ NCC
Dr. Eugene Ikemefuna Juwah has been named executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) ending more than four months of intense jostling for the coveted seat that has been…
- 13 Jan 2014
NCC Warns Starcomms Over Merger Delays, May Revoke Approvals
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it might revoke approval for the merger of MTS, Multi-Links and Starcomms, all CDMA networks as Capcom, the investment firm trying to tie knots seems…
- 23 Apr 2018
NCC Withdraws 41m Starcomms, Zoom Mobile, Others Numbers
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has withdrawn 41,095,448 telephone numbers assigned largely to Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) operators, effectively sealing the blighted fate of CDMA…
- 21 Jun 2010
No Dormant Operator in Telecom Industry—NCC
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that there are no dormant operators in the country’s telecommunications sector especially in the voice space, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek can…
- 8 Sept 2010
CDMA Operators and Strategies for Survival
The granting of United Access License by Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) in 2006 after the expiration of exclusivity right given to Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) operators was…
- 1 Sept 2008
Battle for Supremacy Among CDMA Operators
The introduction of Unified Access License by Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in 2006 after the expiration of exclusivity right given to Global System for Mobile communication (GSM)…
- 8 Sept 2008
Oceanic Bank Buys MTS FirstWireless, Prestel
MTS FirstWireless, trapped in the debris of protracted boardroom squabbles has got a breather, thanks to fresh take over bid by Oceanic Bank Plc, one of Nigeria’s leading financial…
- 10 Jan 2013
NCC's Spectrum Saga Gets Messier with Fresh Cans of Worms
It is the story of the alleged frequency racketeering at Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC): for every rebuttal by the commission, fresh cans of worms are being opened. The federal government’s…
- 11 Oct 2021
Eugene Juwah, Former NCC Boss Dies in Canada
Dr Eugene Juwah, former executive vice chairman and chief executive officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is dead. Eugene Juwah, Former, EVC, NCC Juwah, according to family sources,…