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- 26 Jun 2013
Subscribers Ask NCC to Extend Sim Registration by 3 Months
National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers of Nigeria (NATCOMS) has appealed to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to extend the on-going Sim card registration programme by…
- 4 Jul 2013
Subscribers Appeal to Comtech Minister to Extend Sim Registration
National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers of Nigeria (NATCOMS) has appealed Mrs. Omobola Johnson, minister of Communications Technology to use her office to extend the just concluded Sim…
- 23 Apr 2019
NCC to Drag SIM Registration Offenders to Court
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says that it will henceforth prosecute those involved in fraudulent registration of SIM card. The commission said it would no longer be business as…
- 24 Jan 2020
Nigeria Ranks 5th Worst for SIM-Card Registration Laws
Nigeria has been ranked as the 5th worst among over 150 countries by their SIM-card registration laws exploring data that is collected, what happens to the data and other restrictions such as number…
- 9 May 2019
NCC Launches 2nd Phase of SIM Registration Verification, Compliance Audit
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it will shortly begin the second phase of its ongoing audit of SIM registration data and registration processes across all Mobile Network Operator (MNO)…
- 2 Jun 2019
Operators Calls for Checks & Balances in SIM Registration
Ahead of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) notice of subscriber identity module (SIM) card registration audit of all mobile operators, some operators have started sending short message service…
- 4 May 2010
Sim Registration: Towards a Hitch Free Exercise
This week will witness the commencement of a historic exercise in the development of telecommunications in the country, as it marks the beginning of registration of Subscriber Identification Module…
- 9 May 2023
Nigeria Lost 9m Data Subscribers in 2021 over SIM Registration
The Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) registration on 2020 cost Nigeria over nine million data subscribers in 2021, according to Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), 2021 Annual report and…
- 20 Aug 2025
T2 Launches Nigeria’s First eKYC SIM Registration Web App, Redefining Digital Onboarding
T2, Nigeria’s leading digital lifestyle partner, proudly announces the launch of its revolutionary electronic Know Your Customer (eKYC) SIM Registration Web App—a first-of-its-kind solution designed…
- 3 May 2022
Why Millions of Africans are Right to Resist Mobile SIM Card Registration
By Dr Tony Roberts and Ridwan Oloyede Mobile SIM registration linked to digital ID is causing exclusion of marginalised groups, and concerns about privacy in the absence of sufficient legal…
- 29 Nov 2018
NCC Swoops on Illegal SIM Registration Agents, to Shut Down 88 Spots
Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) said it will shut down 88 illegal Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card registration spots uncovered across the country, in a bid to stop the menace of…
- 29 Feb 2016
Telcos Seek Time to Regularise SIM Registration
Telecommunications operators have asked Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to allow subscribers a window of time to normalize irregular SIM registration. This is coming against the backdrop of…
- 21 Jun 2010
Still on Sim Registration
The move by the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) to begin registration of Subscriber Identity Module (Sim) cards is a welcome development that will promote national security. Though the…
- 28 Apr 2019
Why SIM Card Registration in Necessary by NCC
Nigeria’s Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) registration initiative - which required all mobile phone subscribers to register their SIM cards with their respective mobile network operators - was…
- 29 Jun 2010
Sim Registration: FG Barks, Telcos Revs Activity
Suddenly last week, it appeared there is a general consensus to rev up the registration of Subscriber Identity Module (Sim) cards in Nigeria but approaches have been disconcerted with many…
- 22 Aug 2025
T2mobile Unwraps Nigeria’s First eKYC SIM-Registration Web App
T2mobile, formerly known as 9mobile, has launched the country’s first electronic Know-Your-Customer (eKYC) SIM-registration web application. This digital innovation promises to transform how…
- 26 Apr 2010
Sim Registration: NCC Grants Operators ‘First Level’ Option
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has accepted telecom operators as first level option instead of consultants to carry out the process of Sim card registration of telecom subscribers, Nigeria…
- 6 Jun 2025
Airtel Recommits to Fraud Prevention after NCC’s N104m Fine for SIM Registration Breaches
Airtel Nigeria has restated its commitment to transparency, customer safety, and regulatory collaboration following recent regulatory enforcement by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The…
- 18 Jan 2016
MTN Retools To Revalidate Over 60m Subscribers SIM Registration
MTN Nigeria, over the weekend, said that the on-going Subscribers Identification Model (SIM) re-registration/re-validation exercise is schedule for all the over 60 million users on its network in…
- 23 Jun 2016
MTN in Trouble over SIM Registration in Zambia
MTN subsidiary in Zambia has been reprimanded by the country's ICT regulator, The Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) over its handling of a SIM card registration and…
- 12 Apr 2019
NCC Says SIM Registration is Compulsory
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has restated that appropriate registration of SIM numbers by operators and telecom consumers in Nigeria is mandatory. Sunday Dare, the Commission's…
- 25 Oct 2015
NCC Slams MTN with Record N1Trn Fine over SIM Registration
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reportedly slammed a record N1.04 trillion fine against MTN Nigeria over alleged breach of SIM registration rules. MTN allegedly had pre-registered SIM…
- 21 Sept 2010
NCC Pushes SIM Registration, Says It’s Free
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has moved to enforce compliance with the registration of Subscribers Identification Module (Sim) cards and said that the service is free, Nigeria…
- 4 May 2010
NCC Moves to Reduce Tariff, Restates May 1 date for SIM Registration
Engr. Stephen Bello, acting executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, has announced the intention of the Commission to review price cap regime in the telecom sector, while…
- 8 May 2019
NCC Reiterates Readiness to Prosecute SIM Card Registration Violators
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reiterated that it would employ the provisions of the Constitution to prosecute anyone caught violating the guidelines on SIM registration in the…
- 2 Apr 2021
Ban on New SIM Registration still in Force- FG
Federal government has said the current ban on registration of new subscriber identification module, commonly known as SIM, to Nigerians will stay in place for a while longer. Dr Isa Ali Pantami,…
- 24 Apr 2019
NCC Scrubbing 96m SIM Registrations Declared Invalid
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday said that the 95.7 million subscribers’ SIM registration declared invalid are undergoing scrubbing and verification. While giving…
- 18 Feb 2014
SIM Registration Agents Using Pictures of Goats, says NCC
Efosa Idehen, head, Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement of Nigeria Communication Commission, on Monday said some SIM card registration agents were still using the pictures of goats and foodstuff…
- 23 May 2013
SIM Registration: MTN Begins Customers Data Verification
MTN, Nigeria’s leading ICT company, has kicked off a subscriber data verification exercise, in culmination of its 18 month long SIM registration campaign. “Even though the vast majority of MTN…
- 16 Feb 2017
NCC Arrest Illegal SIM Registration Agents in Abuja
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday raided the shops and kiosks of agents of telecommunications companies engaged in indiscriminate registration of SIM cards in Abuja metropolis…