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- 30 Aug 2016
Communication Service Tax Unacceptable - AAN
ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has rejected the proposed bill to impose Communication Service Tax (CST), up to 9 percent on all phone calls, short message service (SMS), multimedia messaging service (MMS),…
- 19 Jan 2009
Short Code Costs N.2m for Service
Short code, a value added service that enables companies and individuals transact business through telecom network requires an average of N200, 000 per annum to set up, Nigeria CommunnicationsWeek…
- 7 Jun 2010
Glo Extends Voice SMS to Other Networks
Glo Mobile has further made its exciting Voice Short Messaging Service (voice-SMS) more interesting by extending the service to other networks. With the development, Glo subscribers can now send…
- 28 Jul 2008
Celtel Nigeria Offers Data Roaming in UK, USA, Others
Celtel Nigeria is now offering data roaming services to its customers in many hot spots of the world including the United States of America, United Kingdom, Ghana, and Kenya. Others include South…
- 5 May 2022
Subscribers Reject Proposed Plans by Telcos to Hike Tariff
Telecommunications service subscribers have opposed the planned increase in the cost of voice calls, short message services (SMS) and data services in the country. They were reacting to the letter by…
- 19 Aug 2020
Telecom Services Playing a New “Super-Utility Role” in the COVID-19 Era - Agusto & Co
The global evolution from voice and short message service (SMS) to data services has continued to disrupt traditional telecommunications business models globally. This has been amplified during the…
- 20 Oct 2008
Enhancing Mobile Revenue through Advertising
Mobile network operators in the country have concentrated on voice services to generate revenue without looking at other avenues that can lift their revenue without much pressure on their capacity to…
- 2 Aug 2010
Exploring Mobile Advert Option to Increase ARPU
Attractions of Mobile network operators in the country have started shifting from what it used to be which is voice to now data, video and other value added services, occasioned by low average…
- 8 Mar 2020
IRS Sends SMS, Demands Tax Returns from Abuja Residents
Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT IRS) says the Short Message Service (SMS) sent to federal workers and those residence in the territory is in order. According to the Mr…
- 22 Jun 2009
Shifting Focus to VAS for Effective Service Delivery
Service providers in the telecom industry have come to realize that oftentimes the ability to compete hinges on successfully deploying what are known as “value-added services.” The trick…
- 30 Mar 2009
Glo Adds New Features to Voice SMS Package
Globacom has announced the addition of four new features to the Voice Short Messaging Service (Voice-SMS), which it pioneered early 2007. An official statement from the company listed the five new…
- 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…
- 3 Dec 2020
SMS Still Relevant 28 Years Later
Yesterday marks 28 years since the world's first short message service – or the SMS – was sent with a message that simply read “Merry Christmas". On 3 December 1992, the first SMS was sent via…
- 4 Jul 2017
NIN: Registrants Might Need to Opt Out of ‘Do Not Disturb’ Service- NIMC
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has deployed a Short Message Service (SMS) that allows members of the public to ascertain and verify the authenticity of their National Identification…
- 2 Oct 2017
CBN Halts SMS Charges on Bulk Transfers
Money deposit banks can no longer take Short Message Service (SMS) charges on bulk bank transfers done through the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS). The RTGS is an interbank funds transfer system on…
- 26 Feb 2015
Reps Back Controversial Internet, Phone Spy Programme
The needlessly controversial bill on interception of electronic communication sponsored by the Federal Government yesterday passed second reading at the House of Representatives. The so-called…
- 26 Oct 2009
Soaring Revenue Base through Value Added Services
The traditional service that telecommunications operators are meant to provide is voice communications. However, there has been increased demand for value added service which is secondary focus of…
- 15 Apr 2020
Nigeria Represents Huge Potential Market for RCS
By Olajide Osho-Thomas The most popular communications channel in many parts of the world – the Short Message Service (SMS) – is rapidly evolving into a technology that businesses can leverage to…
- 22 Jun 2009
Banks Rake in N14m Daily from Transaction Alerts
Banks in Nigeria have spotted the money spinner in the transactions alert and are capitalizing on the growing interest by charging for alerts on transactions, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek…
- 8 Oct 2019
Nigerians to Cough Out N261Bn as Tax on GSM, Pay TV Subscriptions
Telecom subscribers in Nigeria could pay as much as N261.18 billion for voice calls, short message services and data in a year if the Senate passes the proposed Communications Service Bill into law.…
- 18 Aug 2008
NCC, Operators to Crash SMS Tariffs
To engender subscribers’ effective use of the Short Messaging Services (SMS) for communications, the Nigerian communications Commission (NCC) in responding to the requests of subscribers for…
- 11 Apr 2013
Nigerians Spend N2 Trillion on Calls, SMSes
Nigerians are said to have spent some N2.14 trillion on phone calls and sending short message service (SMS) between January, 2011 and December, 2012, according to a report released by FBN Capital…
- 14 Jul 2014
Concerns over Telcos, Data Miners Unsolicited SMSs
Telecommunication operators in Nigeria are washing their hands of unsolicited short messaging services (SMSs), pointing at some unscrupulous foreign data miners, although when you dig deeper,…
- 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…
- 29 Jun 2009
Advertisers Chase Consumers with SMS
Nigerian companies have taken the battle for the soul of the customer to a new height, and are now employing bulk short message services (SMS) to reach out to their prospective customers at cost…
- 26 Nov 2015
NCC Reads Riot Act to MNOs over N30Bn Loss to Unsolicited SMS
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has charged the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to find a lasting solution to the menace of unsolicited Short Message Service (SMS) immediately. This followed…
- 25 Aug 2008
Fighting ID theft at ATM With Biometrics
The increasing activities of fraudsters who through sending Short Message Service and emails to unsuspecting members of the public requesting them to disclose their Automated Teller Machine (ATM)…
- 30 Jan 2022
NCC Alerts Nigerians on TangleBot, New SMS-based Android Malware Unleashed by Cybercriminals
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has warned the general public against a new high-risk, critical short message service–based malware, TangleBot, infecting Android mobile devices. Dr.…
- 7 Jan 2013
SMS, Opinion Poll will Check Hijack of Constitution Amendment-DSP
Ike Ekweremadu, chairman, Senate Committee on Constitution Review and deputy Senate president has said that the Senate decided to embark on the ongoing Short Message Service (SMS) and online opinion…
- 9 May 2022
ALTON Says Tariff Review Crucial to Prevent Catastrophe in Telecoms Sector
Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has asked the Federal Government to consider an upward review in the costs of voice calls, Short Message Services (SMS), and data in the…