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

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... Read More

Telecoms infrastructure vandals in trouble as CNI law becomes effective

By Favour Unukaso THE Federal Government has finally signed the ‘Designation and Protection of Critical National Information Infrastructure Order, 2024.’     The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, disclosed this on Wednesday.      Via his X handle, Tijani said, “I would like to appreciate President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the... Read More