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- 3 Nov 2020
Nigeria Needs $5Bn for National Broadband Plan- Official
Malam Ubale Maska, chairman, Broadband Implementation Steering Committee (BISC), says about $5 billion is required for the implementation of the Nigeria National Broadband Plan (NNBP) 2020-2025.…
- 8 Jun 2020
Pantami Tasks Danbatta, NCC on Digital Economy
Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy has charged Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta as the executive vice chairman (EVC)/CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission…
- 15 Nov 2022
5G Auction Driven by Pursuit of Better Quality of Life, Not Revenue – Danbatta
Professor Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said in Lagos, Tuesday, that the efforts by the Commission to timely auction available…
- 20 Sept 2018
NCC EVC Tasks Telcos on Funding Researches, Innovations
Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has tasked telecommunications companies on the need to fund researches and innovations that will improve the…
- 5 Oct 2018
NCC Extols VAS Contribution to Financial Inclusion
The Nigerian communications commission on Thursday said that the geometric increase in the number of Value Added Service (VAS) in the country has contributed in promoting financial inclusion policy…
- 26 Oct 2023
NCC Awards N30m Grants to 3 Tech Startups
Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), on Thursday, awarded N10 million each to three technology startup firms, which emerged winners of the various categories of the NCC 2023 talent hunt research…
- 2 Dec 2021
NCC Highlights Policy, Regulatory Initiatives for Tech Innovation Development
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has outlined various policy and regulatory initiatives being implemented by the Commission to reiterate its commitment towards ensuring continuous…
- 12 Oct 2018
Nigeria’s VAS Market Hit ₦79Bn, yet Unhealthy
Nigerian Value Added Services (VAS), market is valued at about ₦79 billion. Yet, it is dangerously going in comatose. The business which until recently, appeared the most innovative segment of…
- 9 Dec 2016
TERF: NCC Extols IXPs, Bares Out Mind on VAS & Interconnect, Others
The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has described the Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) as the focal point of the internet and are therefore critical for the development of the internet in any…
- 7 Mar 2017
NCC Talks Tough on QoS, Pleads for Forex for Telcos
Worried by the degenerating Quality of Service (QoS) provided by Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and other service providers, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday read the riot…
- 29 Sept 2016
NCC Slashes Porting Period by 45 Days
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reduced the 90 days Mobile Number Porting period to 45 days, according to Ayoola Oke, an information communication technology expert. Oke, of ICT…
- 18 Oct 2017
NCC Set To Dump Paper Numbering for Automated Numbering System, Meets Stakeholders
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday held a consultative forum with a broad spectrum of stakeholders as part of the processes planned towards the introduction of an automated numbering…
- 30 Oct 2017
NCC Organises Workshop on Electronic Fraud
Nigerian Communications Commission NCC, recently organised a workshop to address the challenges of electronic fraud such as hacking and associated intrusions in e-commerce and other interactions in…
- 31 Oct 2017
NCC Takes up Arms against Cyber Rogues
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it has intensified its onslaught against the threat posed by cybercriminals across the country. It said one of its strategies was the composition…
- 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…
- 25 Feb 2017
NMEC Courts NCC’s Intervention to Promote Mass Literacy
Worried by the lingering dangers of mass illiteracy in Nigeria, the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non formal Education (NMEC) has canvassed the intervention of the Nigerian…
- 24 Feb 2017
Confusion as Thugs Vandalise MTN Office over Xenophobia Attacks
MTN Nigeria’s office in Abuja was attacked by some suspected thugs on Thursday in reprisal to the xenophobia attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. The thugs, according to reports, catered away…
- 11 Aug 2016
NCC Moves to Implement National GSM Roaming Service
Mobile telephony users in the country will soon be able to enjoy seamless network services even when they move to areas that are either not covered or partially covered by the networks they…
- 10 Aug 2018
INEC, NCC Meet to Review Report on Electronic Transmission, Collation of Results
Leadership of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) met to review the outcome of the report of the joint committee they set up early this year…
- 27 Jan 2017
Danbatta, NCC Boss in Enugu, Says Telcos Must Observe KPIs
Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, the executive vice chairman and chief executive officer of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Wednesday paid a visit to the South East Zonal Office of the…
- 13 Sept 2019
We Support Initiatives that Promote Universal Access for Nigerians – Danbatta
Prof. Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman (EVC), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has reiterated NCC's readiness to support any initiative aimed at ensuring universal access to…
- 18 Sept 2019
Minister Commends NCC for Reducing Invalidly-Registered SIM Cards by 74%
Dr. Isa Ali Pantami, minister of communications has commended the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for quick implementation of his directive to the Commission to tackle over 9.2…
- 21 Dec 2019
NCC Committed to Promoting ICT Innovations – Danbatta
Prof. Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman (EVC), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has once again emphasised the commitment of the Commission to the promotion of Information and…
- 6 Jan 2020
Pantami Explains Reasons for Digital Economy Drive in Nigeria
Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has justified the necessity, appropriateness and significance of the re-designation of the Federal Ministry of…
- 14 Jan 2020
NCC Takes ICT Hubs to Rural Areas
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that there is need to facilitate local content development by promoting ICT innovation and technology entrepreneurship. It said leveraging on the…
- 18 Feb 2020
Pantami Receives NBP 2020-2025 Committee Report
Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has received the draft report of the National Broadband Plan Committee 2020-2025. L-R: Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami,…
- 23 Feb 2020
Group Applauds Pantami, NBP 2020-2025 Committee on timely delivery
Digital Economy Media Support Volunteers ‘DEMS Volunteers’, a non-governmental group leading nationwide awareness/campaigns on Digital Economy, has commended the Minister of Communications and…
- 22 May 2018
Nigerians Develop SIMless Operator, Digital Walking Stick
Researchers at the Federal University of Technology in Minna, Niger state have developed prototypes of SIMless multiple operator and mobile communications-enable walking stick, thanks to grant by the…
- 9 Jul 2020
Pantami Inaugurates Committee to Increase Broadband Penetration by 2025
Federal Government on Thursday inaugurated a Broadband Implementation Steering Committee (BISC), to accelerate the attainment of the country’s broadband penetration to 70 per cent by 2025. Dr Isa…
- 28 Dec 2017
NCC Holds Workshop on Electronic Banking Fraud in Port Harcourt
Nigerian Communications Commission recently hosted a broad spectrum of stakeholders at a workshop, the Third Industry Working Group on Electronic Banking Fraud in Nigeria, at the Nigerian Bar…