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- 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…
- 29 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 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…
- 8 Jul 2013
NCC Calls for Data of Sim Registration
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed telecommunications operators to submit summary of customers’ registered and unregistered, active and deactivated lines as at Friday, July 5, or…
- 3 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…
- 30 Aug 2021
NCC Calls for Stakeholders Input on New Telecom Regulatory Instruments
In line with its vision of providing dynamic regulatory environment that ensures universal access to affordable and equitable service that supports the nation's economic growth, the Nigerian…
- 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…
- 21 Dec 2015
MTN, Lawyer Urge Court to Declare NCC's $3.9Bn Fine Illegal
MTN Nigeria has urged the Federal High Court, Lagos to quash the $3.9 billion sanction imposed on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The action came as a lawyer, Abubakar Sani, in a…
- 6 Sept 2021
Telcos to Pay N200,000 Fine for Failing to Verify NIN – NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has proposed a fine of N200,000 for telecommunications companies that fail to verify and validate the National Identity Number (NIN) and other personal…
- 4 Mar 2021
NSCDC Bursts Illegal Foreign SIM Card Dealer
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Lagos Command, has paraded a man, (name withheld) for allegedly dealing in illegal foreign Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card business. Mr…
- 1 Sept 2015
NCC Fines GSM Firms N120.4m for Unregistered SIM Cards
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has imposed fines totalling N120. 4 million on MTN Nigeria, Globacom, Airtel and Etisalat for failing to fully comply with the directive to deactivate…
- 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…
- 11 Dec 2023
NCC leads stakeholders to 2023 ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue
Telecommunications regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is leading the industry in mopping up support for the 2023 edition of the ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue scheduled at the…
- 11 Jun 2013
Airtel Urges Customers to Register SIMs Ahead Deadline
Airtel, leading telecommunications services provider in Nigeria has urged its customers to register their Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) ahead the regulator’s June 30th deadline.…
- 26 Jun 2026
Telcos Lose 30m Subscribers in 3-Year Slump due to NIN-SIM Link Policy
Telecom operators in Nigeria recorded a sharp decline of 33,153,633 subscribers in three years (May 2023 – April 2026), according to the Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC) latest industry…
- 17 Feb 2020
FG to Link SIM Cards, BVN to Curb Crime
Mr Isa Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has called on the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to ensure Subscriber Identification Number (SIM) cards registration is…
- 23 May 2019
N330Bn fine: NCC Orders MTN to Balance of N55Bn by May 31
MTN Nigeria Communications Limited has till May 31 to pay the balance of N55bn out of the N330bn fine imposed on the telecommunications company by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for SIM…
- 22 May 2019
NCC Says MTN Listing on NSE will Empower Nigerians, Gives Update on N330 billion SIM Infraction Fine
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Tuesday said that MTN Nigeria PLC has paid N275bn SIM infraction fine and that balance of N55bn payment is due this month. This is following a…
- 22 May 2019
MTN Has Paid N275Bn for SIM Card Registration Infractions- NCC
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Tuesday said that MTN has paid N275 billion SIM infraction fine as balance of N55 billion was due this month Prof Umar Danbatta, executive vice…
- 28 Oct 2017
Breather as Court Dismisses Suit to Revoke MTN’s Licence
The Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, dismissed a suit seeking an order revoking the operating licence of the telecommunication company, MTN Nigeria Communications Limited, and another…
- 6 Jan 2020
NCC Sees Telcos’ Listing on NSE as Height of 2019 Regulatory Achievements
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has described the listing of telecom operators on the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE), as one of the heights of regulatory excellence it achieved in 2019. The…
- 12 Apr 2010
SIM Registration: Atcon, Alton Say ‘No 3rd Party’
Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (Atcon) and the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (Alton) have said that third parties should not be allowed in…
- 29 Oct 2021
NCC Overhauls Regulatory Instruments, Management Tools for Operational Efficiency
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it is adjusting regulatory instruments and management tools to ensure regulations are fit for future imperatives of a robust telecoms sector. L-R:…
- 16 Sept 2024
Over 65m GSM Lines Risk Disconnection over SIM-NIN Linkage
About 65 million phone lines are at risk of disconnection after telecom operators refused to grant subscribers an extension to the National Identification Number (NIN) -Subscriber Identity Module…
- 9 May 2013
NCC Slams Fines on GSM Majors over Sim Cards
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has imposed fines on four mobile services operators for contravening the provisions on pre-registration of SIM Cards in Nigeria, infurtherance of the…
- 17 Mar 2024
NIMC, NCC Partner to Enhance NIN-SIM Linkage Processes
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) are pleased to announce a strategic collaboration aimed at enhancing processes related to the National…
- 27 Nov 2017
NCC Gives Telcos, Others Fresh Guidelines on Unsolicited SMSes
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed all network operators to create a database for phone numbers of subscribers on the Do-Not-Disturb list. The regulator said operators and…
- 29 Oct 2015
Operators Angry, Nigerians Happy over NCC Fines on Telcos
Arguments are swing left and right over the bark and bite strategy of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) which has resulted in a total fine of N1.0124trillion on telecom operators under the…
- 14 Feb 2020
Chart A New Roadmap for Nigerian Telecom Industry- Pantami Charges New NCC Board Chairman
Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has given the new Chairman, Board of Commissioners of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Adeolu Akande, a…
- 14 Feb 2020
Minister Urges New NCC Board Chairman to Get Down to Work
Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has given Prof. Adeolu Akande, new chairman, Board of Commissioners of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), a…