Just in: MTN beats NCC’s May deadline, pays N55bn last tranche of N330bn fine
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc, Friday, May 31st, 2019, paid the sixth and final installment of N55bn to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), thus beating the May 31st payment deadline in completing the N330 billion negotiated settlement agreed between the NCC…
ATCON plans flagship summit, 2019 TERF July 11, 2019 in Lagos
The leadership and National Executive Council of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), has announced plans to hold the 2019 Telecom Executives and Regulators Forum (TERF) on July 11 in Lagos. A statement issued by the Executive Secretary…
Telecoms stakeholders’ seek Executive Order to end official hostilities on facilities
Having tried all possible official diplomatic engagements in reaching out to the 36 states governors to prevail on their revenue agencies to end incessant shut down of telecoms infrastructures as sanctions for multiple taxation defaults, Nigerian stakeholders’ in telecommunication industry…
Rebased 190m population figure jumps Nigeria teledensity to 91% in March
…As active subscribers drops to 173.7m With the latest population figure of 190 million given by the National Population Commission (NPC), up from the 140 million population of 2006, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has re-aligned the computation of the…
NCC expects MTN’s last tranche of N55bn payment on SIM infraction fine this month
The telecoms regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Tuesday, announced that whereas latest entrant to the nation’s Stock Exchange, MTN Nigeria Plc., has paid up to N275bn being part of the N330bn fine for breaches in SIM registration, the last tranche…
NCC to host maiden Telecom Leadership Summit in Lagos next week
In its renewed industry awareness programmes, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set for the maiden edition of Nigerian Telecom Leadership Summit (NTLS 2019) which will hold at the Grand Ball Room of Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos…
NCC, CBN missing as M’Money Agents seek better operating security environment
Barely two weeks after the Ghanaian lead telecoms regulatory agency, National Communications Authority (NCA) rolled out operating regulations to guide mobile money transactions, the Association of Mobile Money Agents of Nigeria (AMMAN), has called for seamless operating security architecture. At…
Trump adopts NCC model on national security, denies licence to China Mobile
Official consideration based on national security which was what the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) considered in denying MNOs mobile money licence some years ago, played out in US regulator’s denial of a request by China Mobile to operate in the…
Ghana telecoms regulator beats NCC, introduces QoS regulation on mobile money
Whereas the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is yet to come up with Quality of Service (QoS) Regulation on Mobile Money, in Ghana, the lead telecoms regulator, National Communications Authority (NCA) has realised the importance of seamless transactions on MNOs and…
SIM swap fraud attacks on financial, online services jumping in Africa—Kaspersky
Just as the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has continued to warn both subscribers and main network operators against the criminal act of SIM swap and use of preregistered SIMs, Kaspersky Lab experts discussed the wide spread growth of mobile payments…
