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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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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 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,…
- 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…
- 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…
- 24 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Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has withdrawn 41,095,448 telephone numbers assigned largely to Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) operators, effectively sealing the blighted fate of CDMA…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…
- 10 Dec 2012
New Starcomms is a Public Trust with Better RoI-Eleso
Demola Eleso, CEO designate, Starcomms Plc is a seasoned telecoms professional of more than 20 years. Eleso was formally chief executive officer of Multi-Links Telecommunications Limited and has also…
- 29 Jun 2010
Falling ARPU Forces Telcos to Think M&A
The country’s telecom space looks set for massive change if recent mergers and acquisitions rumours are anything to go by but it will not be one jacket fit all as many merging operations may…
- 20 Apr 2014
Revealed! How Asian Vendor Helped Kill Starcomms
Starcomms Plc, the once flourishing code division multiple access (CDMA) operator, was experiencing excruciating difficulties in its operations. The company owners searched frantically for a way to…
- 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.…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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)…
- 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.…
- 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)…
- 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…