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- 19 May 2026
WASPAN Drags Bello, FCCPB Boss to Court over Alleged Disobedience of Order
Wireless Application Service Providers Association of Nigeria (WASPAN) has dragged Tunji Bello, executive vice chairman, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), before the…
- 30 Dec 2018
WASPAN Begs for Retention Auto-Renewal, Says Service Fetched N300Bn
Chijioke Ezeh, national coordinator, Wireless Application Service Providers Association of Nigeria (WASPAN), has claimed that the stoppage of automatic renewal is collapsing the Value Added Service…
- 26 Jul 2026
Subscribers, Telcos Warn FCCPC over Airtime Lending Enforcement
Wireless Application Service Providers Association of Nigeria (WASPAN) has asked the Court of Appeal to suspend the enforcement of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission’s (FCCPC)…
- 27 May 2012
The Need to Harmonize VAS Operations in Telecom
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…
- 17 Apr 2026
Court Suspends Enforcement of FCCPC’s Reform on Loan Apps
Federal court in Lagos has suspended the enforcement of Nigeria's most comprehensive framework for regulating digital lending apps. On April 15, Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High…
- 28 Apr 2026
ALTON Urges Urgent Resolution of Regulatory Dispute over Airtime Loans
Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), has called for urgent resolution of the regulatory dispute affecting the airtime credit market, warning that continued disruption could…
- 26 May 2026
Airtel, Glo Restore Emergency Airtime Lending Services After FCCPC Suspension
Telecommunications subscribers across Nigeria have regained access to emergency airtime lending services as major operators, Airtel Nigeria and Globacom, restored the platforms following the…
- 8 Jun 2026
FCCPC Refutes Airtime Market Takeover Claims
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has rejected reports claiming it backed a major shake-up of Nigeria’s airtime credit market or secured presidential approval for new…
- 1 Sept 2019
Licensing of Web TV, Radio Caught in Cross Fire
The recent move by the federal government to license of online radio and television stations has sent emotions flying left and right. While some welcomed the development; others expressed…
- 26 Sept 2019
NCC Allocates Short Codes to 200 VAS Operators
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has allocated Short Codes to over 200 (value added services) VAS licensees for the provision of different VAS services. This is in its effort to…
- 20 Jul 2026
Court Affirms FCCPC’s Power to Regulate Digital Lending
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has resumed implementation of the Digital, Electronic, Online or Non-Traditional Consumer Lending Regulations, 2025 (DEON Regulations).…
- 8 Nov 2012
Subscribers Decry Unsolicited SMSes, NCC Looks Elsewhere
Telecommunications consumers have complained about the torrential SMS marketing messages from companies that they have not directly supplied with their cell-phone numbers and want the Nigerian…
- 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…
- 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…
- 13 Mar 2015
NCC, Stakeholders Move to Utilise 70/80GHz Spectrum Band
Ubiquitous broadband availability and affordability have become panaceas in measuring countries’ readiness to play in 21st Century world; and its transformative power as an enabler for economic and…
- 17 Apr 2022
Disaster Recovery: Satellite-enabled Opportunities
By Andrew Aroh During disaster recovery operations, an affected region is mostly likely to become critically dependent on satellite communications, products and services. Infact, depending on the…
- 3 Dec 2020
5G: ATCON President Urges Telcos to Share Infrastructure
Engr. Ikechukwu Nnamani, president, Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), has urged telecom operators to collaborate to enable them deploy 5G infrastructure because of the…
- 22 Mar 2010
Alvarion Canvasses WiMAX for SMEs
Daniel Levy, general manager, Africa and Middle East at Alvarion has identified WiMAX as an ideal solution for SMEs who need 24/7 access for a mobile and flexible workforce as they can deploy a…
- 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…
- 9 Sept 2015
Smile Secures $365m Financing Towards 4G Expansion in Africa
Smile Telecoms Holdings Ltd, which owns and operates mobile wireless 4G LTE broadband networks in the 800MHz band in Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda, today announced plans to use US$365 million funding…
- 7 Oct 2016
Expect 80% Mobile Data Subscription Growth in Five Years- VDT
Based on the global trends and Nigeria’s antecedents, one of the most significant projection is that there would be 80% mobile data subscription growth in the next five years, said Mr. Biodun…
- 31 Jul 2012
Operators and Expanding Demand for Mobile Broadband
The improvement in access to telephones has had positive impact in virtually all facets of life, including political, social and economic activities, thus resulting in an exponential growth in the…
- 28 Oct 2021
The 5G Opportunity for Nigeria
By: Eniola Campbell There has been a lot of talk about 5G, but the reality is that in Africa, many operators are still focusing on 4G to get the most return on investment from the networks. Is this…
- 23 Sept 2024
NCC Rallies Stakeholders on Adoption of 6GHz Open Wi-Fi
Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has gathered opinion molders in the communications industry, to create people-centered policies for the adoption of 6GHz Open Wi-Fi. L-R: Executive Secretary,…
- 22 Aug 2012
Weco Systems Partners NNPC on Next Generation Data Centre
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is the National Oil Corporation through which the federal government of Nigeria regulates and participates in the country's petroleum industry. NNPC…
- 20 Oct 2019
Using TV White Space Technology for Internet Access for Rural Areas
Federal government has tried unsuccessfully in a bid to provide connectivity to rural dwellers in the country. Among some of the initiatives are National Rural Telephony Project (NRTP) started in…
- 10 Mar 2019
Stakeholders Decry Over Dependent on Mobile Data
The ease in the deployment of mobile communications as well as the challenges in the building telecommunications infrastructure required for fixed service have forced the country to depend largely on…
- 6 Mar 2022
AfricaNXT 2022: NCC Pulls the Largest Gathering, says 5G is safe
The AfricaNXT Conference 2022, known previously as Lagos Social Media Week, has ended on a historically impressive note for the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), having drawn the largest…
- 21 Jan 2015
4G LTE Shipments to GCC Grow 400%, MEA Smartphone Market Booms
Statistics released on Tuesday showed that GCC shipments of 4G LTE handsets have increased more than four times over the last year and are now close to accounting for one half of all smartphones sold…
- 12 Jan 2022
NCC Boss, Danbatta, to Deliver Fountain University's Convocation Lecture
Apparently spurred by the vision, objectives and successes of policies, programmes and projects instituted by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to bridge the digital divide and encourage…