Telcos disconnect 40m telephone lines, to bar more SIMs

By Favour Unukaso BY last weekend, telecommunications operators have barred about 40 million Subscribers Identification Modules (SIM) cards not linked to owners National Identity Numbers (NIN). The Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), which disclosed this, said more telephone lines would be barred by the end of March. ALTON Chairman, Gbenga Adebayo,... Read More

ALTON hails Danbatta’s leadership as new revenue system beckons

  By Favour Unukaso THE Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has commended the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) leadership for the sector’s growth. ALTON Chairman, Gbenga Adebayo, who praised the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, commended the commission’s commitment to quality regulation. He attributed the... Read More

Telcos get NCC nod to disconnect banks over N120b USSD debt

  By Favour Unukaso  TELECOMMUNICATIONS operators are set to disconnect Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) from the use of the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) over the protracted debt, which has amounted to N120 billion.    Under the aegis of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), the services providers said the Nigerian... Read More

Subscribers to use same code for credit recharge as operators hamonise shortcodes

TELECOMMUNICATIONS operators have commenced the hamonisation of shortcodes across all networks. The announcement, which was made, yesterday in Lagos by the umbrella body, the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), said the hamonisation was pursuant to a regulatory modernisation initiative by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). ALTON Chairman and Head of Operations,... Read More

Telcos want cost-based tariff in 2023 as broadband users hit 88.2m

By Favour Unukaso LATEST subscription statistics from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have revealed an increase in broadband usage in the country. The statistics, the November 2022 edition, showed that Internet subscription via the narrow band increased slightly within the period under review by 171,375, while broadband usage garnered fresh 1.32 million subscribers, rising... Read More

Nigerian govt suspends 5% tax on telecoms services, to review policy

By Adeyemi Adepetun THE Federal Government on Monday announced the suspension of the proposed 5 per cent Excise Duty on telecommunications services, and inaugurated a committee chaired by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, to review the policy, immediately. Pantami, who inaugurated the Committee, which he chairs on the directive... Read More

Amidst energy crisis, telecoms operators get new solution for off-grid communities

  By Adeyemi Adepetun AMIDST energy crises currently ravaging almost the entire fabrics of the economy, there appears to be succor for telecoms operators’ expansion to rural areas. Precisely, Hotspot Network Ltd. (HNL), a telecoms service provider, and Husk Power Systems, have inked a deal in Nigeria to transition mobile towers from diesel generation... Read More