THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it remains committed to its regulatory role of continually implementing requisite reforms to strengthen the communications sector in Nigeria. The Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management at the NCC, Adeleke Adewolu, stated this while addressing stakeholders at the combined second and third quarters 2023 meeting of the Industry Working...
THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set to showcase achievements recorded in the promotion of indigenous content in the telecommunications sector at the second edition of the Nigerian Telecommunications Indigenous Content Expo (NTICE 2023), to be held in Lagos from August 22-24, 2023. Themed: ‘Harnessing Indigenous Content for Economic Growth: Networking to Boost Investment’,...
LICENSEES in Nigeria’s $75.6 billion telecoms sector have directly employed 15, 507 workers as of December 2022. Amongst these workers, there were 419 expatriates’ employees. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), which revealed this, aggregated the work forces under GSM, Fixed operators, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Value Added Service (VAS), Collocation and Infrastructure (C&I) providers and other...
By Favour Unukaso THE harsh economic condition of the economy, insecurity and volatility in the foreign exchange market might have contributed significantly to the drop in Foreign Direct Investment (FDIs) into the telecoms sector in 2022 as capital inflow dropped significantly by almost 50 per cent. According to the 2022 Subscriber/ Network Data Yearly...
By Favour Unukaso THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that in line with the Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card registration exercise mandated by it, mobile operators as of December 2022 had registered 301,283,030 subscribers in the country. Specifically, NCC said MTN had registered 123.5 million; Globacom, 65.4 million; Airtel, 64.8 million; 9mobile, 46.1...
THE Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has advised businesses to adjust to the potential of disruptive technologies, which have been adopted across the globe for enhanced productivity and sustainability. He told industry leaders and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) innovators, who gathered at the 2023...
By Favour Unukaso Airtel and MTN Nigeria grew their service revenues by an average of 22.3 per cent in their 2023 half-year (H1) operations. Specifically, Airtel said its mobile services revenue in Nigeria was up by 23 per cent, while MTN recorded 21.6 per cent to N1.2 trillion. According to MTN in its unaudited...
THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that the newly licensed Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) have to roll out service within a year of completing negotiations with the mobile network operators (MNOs) in the country. NCC, which said it has licensed 26 operators to carry out MVNO operations in Nigeria, noted that more...
By Favour Unukaso THE Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has officially announced that the investment profile in the nation’s telecommunications sector, comprising foreign direct investment (FDI) and local investment, has reached $75.6 billion as of 2021. Danbatta disclosed this at an interactive session with stakeholders...
By Favour Unukaso THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is close to introducing data regulation for the telecommunications sector. Though, currently at a draft stage, NCC said the regulation would provide a regulatory framework for the protection and privacy of data in the Nigerian Communications Sector. In the 25-page document, titled, ‘Data...