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Airtel backs up NCC position on drop calls, links 405 fibre cuts to road works

More industry leaders have joined the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in advancing the fact that fibre cuts arising from road construction activities nationwide remain one of the major causative factors in not only drop calls, but other manifestations of poor…

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Just in: 5G’ll control appliances, devices with respect to Internet of Things—NCC

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed that the most spectacular angle, in which the emerging 5G networks will deliver huge socio-economic benefits on commercial deployment, will be in providing seamless controls of appliances and devices with respect to Internet…

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Could Fashola be correct in accusing NCC of shielding telcos on drop calls?

Since the dramatic episode that played out at the public hearing on the increasing rate of drop calls by the Joint Committee on Communications, Trade and Investment in Abuja, on Wednesday, mixed reactions have been generated as to whose explanation,…

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Just in: NCC warns licensees on extant industry type approval regulation

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has kicked off its regulatory activities in 2020 with a warning to licensees and other relevant stakeholders in the Nigerian telecom industry on the importance of type approval of telecoms equipment and other mobile and…

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Worried by multiple taxation, ATCON set to meet Govs over RoW

Rising from the 2017 edition of the Telecoms Executives and Regulators’ Forum (TERF) held weekend in Lagos by the Association of Telecoms Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), indications have emerged on fresh moves by telecoms operators to meet with all the…