Subscribers’ dump MTN as Bello shuts down BTSs over tax remittances
Since Wednesday last week to date, residents and businesses relying on MTN network in Lokoja, the capital of Kogi State and adjoining towns including parts of Abuja had been experiencing difficulties in accessing telecommunications services following the decision of the…
Next Level: Buhari pledges internet access, silent on way out of industry worries
More details have continued to be deciphered from the recently released President Muhammadu Buhari’s ‘Next Level’ Campaign Document for the 2019 Presidential election. The document assured the administration’s commitment to granting increased internet access to the poorest in the society….
ALTON, MNOs draw roadmap to financially include 90m in 30 months
…Seek direct involvement in mobile money sub sector Umbrella body of all the main network operators (MNOs), the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has drawn a fresh roadmap that will catapult financial inclusion to 90 million Nigerians…
ALTON frowns at sealing of 9mobile’s premises by Rivers State Govt
The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has expressed displeasure on the recent sealing of the business premises of Emerging markets telecommunications Service Limited (EMTS) by the officials of Rivers State Internal Revenue Service (RIRS) in Port Harcourt….
Confusion in Lagos, others as NLC pickets MTN offices, destroys wall, hoists flag
Nationwide picketing of leading telecom giant, MTN Nigeria by members of Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) over what they described as anti-labour practices have attracted strong reactions from the Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) today, Monday, July 09,…
NCC mute on ALTON’s threat to abandon closed BTS by states’ over tax issues
Barely one week after, the telecoms regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is yet to respond to a threat handed down by the leadership of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) over abandonment of any Base Transceiver Station…
NCC’s delay in announcing new policy on data roll-over worrisome—BH Analysis
Telecoms industry stakeholders are beginning to see apparent cold feet on the side of the regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in the real gazette of the policy of Data Roll-over, more than one month of giving the signal. Experts…
Reasons why broadband penetration’ll remain poor roar in Taraba, others
Indications suggesting failure in the efforts of the telecoms regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in engaging states governments’ on issues bordering on special considerations for telecoms infrastructure as critical national assets have emerged in Taraba State. This stemmed from…
200 illegal websites pirating Nollywood members’ works—-ANOGA
The Alliance of Nollywood Guilds and Associations (ANOGA) on Thursday, revealed that no fewer than 200 websites have been pirating the Nigerian creative contents in the last 12 months using their Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) domiciled in the country. In…
New Broadband Council risks losing critical industry details—-ALTON boss
Barely more than two months after the reconstitution of the National Broadband Council (NBC) by the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, industry experts and stakeholders in broadband infrastructure and penetration have picked holes in the configuration. Key issue of division…
