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- 2 Jul 2025
Don’t Visit Telecom Centers for Now — ALTON Warns of SIM Service Downtime
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has announced a temporary disruption in SIM-related services across all mobile networks in the country. The disruption,…
- 23 Mar 2020
Covid-19: Telcos Move to Ensure Hitch-free Telecoms Services
Telecommunications operators under the aegis of Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), rose from an emergency meeting, where it took far-reaching decisions and made strong…
- 19 Nov 2025
ALTON Hosts First Telecoms Compliance Forum to Strengthen Governance and Service Quality
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) is proud to announce the first-ever Telecoms Industry Compliance Management Forum (CMF), a landmark initiative aimed at…
- 12 Mar 2021
Telcos May Withdraw Banks’ USSD Service over N42Bn Debt
Telecommunications operators have resolved to start phased withdrawal of its Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) services to debtor financial services providers from Monday next week.…
- 14 Apr 2009
Convergence Redefines Service Delivery in Telecoms
At the expiration of exclusivity license granted to pioneer operators of Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) in the nation’s telecommunications industry in 2006, Nigerian…
- 9 Nov 2023
AfriTECH 3.0: Maida Urges Service Providers to Embrace TaaS
Dr. Aminu Maida, Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that the convergence of Technology-as-a-Service and infrastructure deployment…
- 8 May 2022
NCC Allays Subscribers' Fears on Service Providers' Agitation for Tariff Increase
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has monitored with keen interest the deluge of reports in the media on the demand by Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) ostensibly to increase tariffs of…
- 3 Aug 2025
NCC, IHS Towers Lead Others To NITRA-ALTON CNII & Telecom Sustainability Conference 2025
Telecom industry regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and other industry operators, including IHS Towers, Digital Realty and 9mobile Nigeria, have joined the line of partners that…
- 28 Mar 2022
Telcos Raise Alarm on Imminent Telecom Services Blackout in Kogi, Other States
The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has expressed concern about the shutting down of telecommunications facilities in Kogi State as a result of disputes…
- 21 Sept 2010
Nesrea Shutdown of BTS Affects Service Quality- Alton
Telecommunications operators under the aegis of Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (Alton) has said that it could no longer guarantee quality of service in some…
- 16 Apr 2012
Investments in Telecom Hit $16Bn, Alton Warns of a Dive
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (Alton) has flaunted its contributions to the economy by reporting a princely $16 billion from foreign direct investment in the last…
- 19 Aug 2017
ALTON Decries Impact of OTT on Telecom Operations
The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has decried the impact of over the top service (OTT) on the telecom operations in the country. Engr. Gbenga Adebayo,…
- 9 Jul 2017
ALTON Rues Exclusion of Critical Telecoms Infrastructure in Abuja City Master Plan
Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has identified the exclusion of critical telecoms infrastructures from Abuja Master plan, as contributory factor to the persistent poor…
- 7 Jun 2010
Competition and Service Delivery in Telecoms
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has severally re-instated its desire to continue to encourage competition in the sector. It does this through licensing of several operators in different…
- 4 Nov 2012
Hostile States to Pay More for Phone Calls-Alton
Telecommunications operators and service providers under the aegis of Association of licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (Alton) has threatened to introduce discriminatory tariffs based…
- 26 May 2022
Nnamani to Chair 2022 DigitalSENSE Forum
Engr. Ikechukwu Nnamani, president, Medallion Data Centres Limited, has been named the chairman of the twin event of the 2022 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D)…
- 9 Apr 2021
Nigerian Banks Deny Owing MTN, other Telcos
Nigerian banks yesterday claimed they are not indebted to MTN Nigeria and other phone companies for using Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) shortcode service to provide payment services.…
- 6 Jan 2019
ALTON Reacts to Media Report on NCC’s Telecom Operators’ Illegalities
The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has reacted to media report not Nigeria CommunicationsWeek on NCC Telecom Operators’ illegalities and wishes to set the…
- 21 Feb 2012
Challenges of Broadband Revolution
The growth in telecommunications sector of the country is expected to move from growth level to development where service providers are to consolidate on improved quality of service. Presently, over…
- 29 Mar 2022
ALTON Warns of Imminent Telecom Blackout In 11 States
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has expressed its concern about the shutting down of telecommunications facilities in Kogi state as a result of disputes…
- 9 Mar 2014
NCC, Operators @ War over Compensation for Poor QoS
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and GSM service providers are on a collision course over the combined N647.5million fine imposed on Airtel, Globacom and MTN for their poor quality of service…
- 20 Nov 2023
Excellent quality of service non-negotiable in telecom industry - Maida
Dr. Aminu Maida, executive vice chairman/chief executive officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said that quality of service in the telecommunications sector is non-negotiable…
- 28 Nov 2019
Telcos Challenge Banks to Stop Charging for Use of USSD
Telecommunications companies under the aegis of Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), has challenged banks to stop charging telecoms subscribers for the use of the…
- 16 Nov 2015
Operators Save N6.4m through Co-location
Telecommunications infrastructure sharing initiatives adopted by telecom services providers as a way of reducing operational cost have started yielding results as operators save some N6.4million…
- 19 Sept 2016
Over-Regulation of Telecoms Detrimental to All Sectors- ALTON
Access to telecommunication is access to global world, life and prosperity as proven by various studies, said Engineer Gbenga Adebayo, chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecommunication…
- 16 Apr 2020
ALTON Dismisses Fears of Hazards Linked to Telecoms’ Emissions
Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has again allayed fears that electromagnetic emissions from telecoms masts and facilities could cause health hazards to humans. Mr.…
- 7 May 2018
Telecom Operators Seek Regulation of OTT Services
Telecommunications operators in Nigeria recently called for licensing and regulation of over-the-top services such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp Messenger to generate more money for the…
- 9 Jan 2020
Telcos Claim Voicemail Does not require Regulation
Telecommunications operators in the country under the aegis of Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) have insisted that the voicemail service on mobile telephone lines does…
- 25 May 2022
Subscribers Urge FG, Telcos to Halt Implementation of New Taxes on Phone Calls
Association of Telephone, Cable TV and Internet Subscribers of Nigeria (ATIC) has appealed to the Federal Government and telecom providers not to implement their new taxes due to their ripple effect…
- 26 Jan 2014
Telcos Berate NCC over Call to Sue Operators
Stakeholders in the telecommunications industry at the weekend, said that the call on subscribers of telecoms services in the country to take operators to court for poor quality of service by the…