Just in: Bharti Airtel, others seek regulator’s review of data pricing in India
At a time Nigerian data services providers’ had apparently become tired of prevailing on the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), to review Nigerian Data price Floor (DPF) in line with current economic realities, India’s big three operators— Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea…
Like CDMAs, ISPs may give up struggle in Nigeria sooner—BHIU Report
A new report released by Business Hilights Intelligent Unit (BHIU), an independent business research department of Business Hilights Media Group majoring in market feasibility studies for prospective local and foreign investors in every sector, has revealed that operators in the…
NCC set to announce new cost-based pricing for retail broadband to save ISPs
Renewed assurances have come from the telecoms regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) that it is at the verge of releasing a new cost-based pricing for retail broadband that would give smaller operators competitive advantage to remain in business. In…
‘Senate still stands against data price floor review planned by NCC’
Contrary to speculations that National Assembly may have given approval for the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to effect upward review of data price floor (DPF), a strong indication emerged at the floor of the Upper Legislative Chamber that senators are…
Danbatta at ITU in S’Africa, silent on sale of 9mobile, DPF, RoW for Infracos
The leader of Nigerian delegation to the International Telecoms Union (ITU) World 2018 conference currently going in Durban, South Africa and Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta on Tuesday, opened Nigeria’s Pavilion. In his…
ISPs seek DPF ahead of NCC’s directive on roll-over of unused data
Leading Internet Services Providers (ISPs) in Nigeria has raised alarm, saying they are likely to go out of business if the regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), fails to quickly review Data Price Floor (DPF) so that healthy investment can…
Why NCC rejects networks’ calls for tariff hike, plans review of campaign
The executive vice chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Garba Danbatta has given insights on why the Commission denied recent moves by telecom networks to raise prices of services rendered in Nigeria from data to voice, sms and…
Is NCC lacking ideas in driving broadband penetration or…?
Since the seemingly failed auctioning of 2.6 GHz spectrum for the deployment of 4G services in 2016, there are indications that the telecoms regulator may have not been its self or it is still wondering why the auctioning failed to…
Minister silent as DPF frustrates ISPs, over 100 closing shops
The observed silence of the Minister of Communications, Alhaji Adebayo Shittu in his keynote address at the 6th European Union-Nigeria Business Forum 2017 held on Thursday at the Eko Hotels, Lagos, has raised serious anxiety on the seriousness of the…
How pressure weakened NCC to dump cost-based research on DPF
Revelation have emerged implying that pressure from a section of the Main Network Operators (MNOs) and lack of independence in policy implementation by the telecoms regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), is currently causing shocks in the telecom’s data segment…
