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Minister, NCC plot quick settlement of 17bn USSD debt

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta has said that commercial banks in the country are owing telecommunications companies over N17 billion following the regulator’s suspension of its Determination on Unstructured Supplementary Service…

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NCC’s Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Series in 2019 (2)

..How NCC’s handling of 9Mobile, Airtel’s DND contravention cautioned players’ Contravention of the Directive on Do Not Disturb (DND) By 9Mobile (EMTS) and Airtel In the course of monitoring compliance with the Do-Not-Disturb (DND) Direction, the Commission discovered that EMTS…

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NCC halts DND to enable MNOs spread voter education information

As part of its contributions to the success of the fast approaching 2019 general elections, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it has decided to temporarily suspend its Direction to Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) on Do-Not-Disturb (DND). The idea, according…

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Many subscribers’ who wrongly activated ‘Do-Not-Disturb’ complain a lot—Expert

…However, about 9m subscribers’ have rightly activated—NCC Though the Nigerian telecom regulatory agency, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has imposed a N500,000 fine on telecoms that disregard the  Do-Not-Disturb (DND) instructions, a telecoms expert has raised an issue saying, “Majority of…

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NCC fast tracking two out of its strategic 8-Point Agenda—Danbatta

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Danbatta has revealed that the Commission has started fast tracking two leading points in the launched 8-Point Agenda which is designed to drive the agency until 2020. The…