April 22, 2025
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Subscribers to pay USSD charges with airtime as telcos, banks consider new system

by on April 16, 2025 0

By Favour Unukaso TELECOM subscribers will soon be paying for the use of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) with deductions from their airtime.     Findings showed that talks are currently at advanced stages between the deposit money banks (DMBs) and telecommunications operators to introduce an end-user billing system.   End-user billing refers to a...

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783 operators to complete 5G transition as 326 networks go live

by on April 10, 2025 0

By Favour Unukaso SOME 783 mobile operators in over 200 countries are on the journey to complete the deployment of the Fifth Generation (5G) network. This is even as 326 5G networks are currently life across the globe, according to the Global System for Mobile telecommunications Association (GSMA). The telecoms advocacy body also noted...

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Subscribers to lose unused airtime after prolonged inactivity on telephone line

by on April 9, 2025 0

By Favour Unukaso GOING forward, telephone subscribers will be made to lose unused credit on their telephone lines after prolonged inactivity. This is according to a proposed framework, which was subjected to discussions on Tuesday. Subscribers have within 12 months to claim every unused airtime, or they risk losing it. Indeed, at the virtual...

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Telco’s tariff increase and NCC’s patriotism

by on January 31, 2025 0

By Toby Prince IN the heart of Nigeria’s digital economy, a story of patriotism and resilience unfolds. The telecommunications sector, a driving force behind the country’s growth, has been facing unprecedented challenges. Despite its significant contributions to Nigeria’s social and economic development, the sector has been struggling to keep up with the rising costs...

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Nigeria ended 2024 with 165m active telephone lines, 4m 5G users

by on January 31, 2025 0

By Favour Unukaso  NIGERIA ended year 2024 with 164.9 million active telecommunications subscribers. This is according to December 2024 subscription statistics released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The last data for 2024.     Though the figure was 224.7 million in December 2023, however, the NIN-SIM audit helped to filter the system and by...

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GSMA projects $150m new investments into telecoms sector via 50% telephone tariff hike

by on January 29, 2025 0

By Favour Unukaso DESPITE mounting opposition against the recently approved 50 per cent tariff hike for telephony services in Nigeria, the GSM Association (GSMA) has informed that the hike has the potential to unlock more than $150 million in additional mobile network investment and expand 4G coverage to 94 per cent covering nine million...

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NCC renews MTN 800MHz spectrum license till 2034

by on January 22, 2025 0

By Favour Unukaso THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has renewed MTN Nigeria’s 800MHz Spectrum band licence. The approval for the renewal of MTN Nigeria’s first 800MHz Spectrum band licence (Channel 1) for an additional 10 years, is effective from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2034. This was contained in a notice MTN issued...

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Telcos claim 50% tariff hike not sufficient as lawyer carpets NCC

by on January 22, 2025 0

By Favour Unukaso DESPITE mounting opposition against the Federal Government approved 50 per cent telephony services tariff hike, telecommunications companies have said the percentage approved is not sufficient enough to help in reducing the challenges the sector is facing. The operators under the aegis of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) stressed...

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