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MTN Nigeria Communications Limited has so far paid N165bn out of the N330bn imposed on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission, the Executive Vice Chairman, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, has said. Danbatta, stated this while hosting some MTN directors, who paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja on...

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has licenced Zinox Technologies and Brinks Integrated Solutions as telecom companies that would provide infrastructure (Infracos) in the southeast and northwest respectively. The two companies are expected to fill critical infrastructure gaps and enable...

Recent reports indicated that Teleology Holdings Limited may have been finally selected as the preferred bidder for 9Mobile, formerly Etisalat Nigeria, the country’s fourth-largest mobile network. This development may have brought to an end the acquisition process supervised by Barclays Africa...

A potential battle is currently looming between the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and Interconnect Exchange Operators over some alleged sharp practices going on in the telecommunications sector. The NCC yesterday, in a letter sighted by The Guardian had accused … via The...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has given a notice of its intention to suspend the interconnect exchange licences granted to six telecommunications clearinghouses over the unethical practice of allowing call masking and call refilling emanate from their facilities. LEADERSHIP learnt...

By Perpetua Egesimba The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Tuesday organised Stakeholders ‘Forum on the study for the determination of cost based pricing for retail broadband and data services in Nigeria. The study which would be targeted to all the stakeholders, including the...

By Prince Osuagwu The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Tuesday gathered stakeholders in Lagos, to discuss possible ways of ensuring appropriate pricing for broadband services in the country. Umaru Garba Danbatta, New NCC boss The commission said appropriate pricing will enhance robust...

By Prince Osuagwu (Hi-Tech Editor) The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC says it is committed to a legitimate process in the attempt to sale 9mobile to a preferred bidder tomorrow. 9Mobile The Commission however declined comment on whether the nullification of the telco’s interim board by...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that the new deadline to conclude bidding for the acquisition of 9Mobile is Jan. 16, as against Dec. 31, 2017, the former date. The Director, Public Affairs of NCC, Mr Tony Ojobo, said that the extension was because there had not been …...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Thursday dismissed reports alleging that a preferred bidder has been anointed for the acquisition of telecom giants, 9Mobile. The NCC, in a statement signed by its Director of Public Affairs, Tony Ojobo, insisted that the process for the...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it didn’t anoint any preferred bidder to acquire 9mobile. Some newspaper publications had alleged that a preferred bidder has been anointed by NCC to acquire 9Mobile and thereby speculated on the outcome of the ownership transfer process. But...

Umar Danbatta Executive Vice Chairaman, Nigerian Communications Commission The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has maintained there will be no going back on the January 16th deadline for the conclusion of the sale of GSM operator 9Mobile. Executive Commissioner in charge of Stakeholders...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said on Wednesday that it has clamped down on three companies for operating illegally in the country’s telecommunications market. The Principal Manager, NCC’s Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Department, Chukwuemeka Obi, made this known to...

Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC board, Sen. Olabiyi Durojaiye says the Commission will soon unveil a strategy that would enable Nigeria leverage the ongoing digital revolution to produce many Bill Gates in the country. The Chairman dropped the hint yesterday while addressing...

No fewer than 16 firms have submitted expressions of interest (EoIs) to Barclays to bid for 9mobile, Nigeria’s fourth largest network operator, THISDAY Newspaper reports. Companies that have expressed interest in 9mobile, which until recently was Etisalat Nigeria Limited,include: 1. Africa’s...

It appears that Etisalat Nigeria has been saved for now as reports from NCC suggest it has reached an amicable settlement with creditors over $547m debt. The commission also gave its backing to the current transition process at the helm of the business which saw Mr. Boye Olusanya confirmed as...

In a bid to enlighten telecommunications consumers on their rights to quality telecoms services, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has urged subscribers who want to stop unsolicited text messages from entering their phones to text “STOP” to “2442.” In a statement signed by NCC’s...

The Senate Committee on Communications on Tuesday gave nod to the proposed data price hike by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The Committee, which visited the NCC headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday as part of it oversight functions, said Nigerians should see the commission as being...

MTN Nigeria, Africa's mobile telecommunication giant has released a statement over the planned data tariff review as the telecommunication regulator halt the process. MTN in a broadcast message to its subscribers nationwide on Monday, November 28th acted on the Nigerian Communications...

The Nigerian Communications Commission on Wednesday announced the immediate suspension of the new minimum pricing template for data services by mobile operators in the country. The director, Public Affairs at the NCC, Tony Ojobo, said the decision to rescind its earlier directive to telecom...