NCC boss receives Vanguard’s Regulator of the Year award today

THE Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, is set to receive the 2022 Regulator of the Year Award at the highly-coveted Vanguard Personality of the Year Awards. Vanguard Newspaper Limited, the organizers of the event, has said that Danbatta would receive the award category at... Read More

NCC tasks licensees as Mafab targets 100 5G sites by February

By Staff reporter THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has tasked old and new licensees on the need to deliver on their respective mandates by offering telecoms consumers the best of service. The Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, made this known in Lagos, Thursday, when Mafab Communications formally unveils its... Read More

Danbatta’s exemplary leadership in public service recognised

By Favour Unukaso THE Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta was at the weekend in Lagos, decorated with an Award of Exemplary Leadership in Public Service. The award was conferred on Danbatta at the 12th Anniversary Lecture and Award of Nigerian NewsDirect, one... Read More

Nigeria’s active telephone lines hit 222m as telcos share 25.1m subscribers in 2022

    By Staff Reporter TELECOMS operators in Nigeria added some 25.1 million telephone lines to the country’s network in 2022, statistics from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have revealed. These 25.1million included new lines that were activated and those who were reactivated after they were barred due to their non-compliance with the NIN-SIM... Read More

NCC, NLRC renew partnership, move against unapproved lottery, others

  By Favour Unukaso THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Wednesday in Abuja, signed a revised Memorandum of Understanding with the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC), with provisions to deter unapproved lottery and gaming practices on telecommunications platforms through information and intelligence sharing. Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, noted that the... Read More

NCC returns to television with Telecom Weekly

THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set for a return to the tube with a newly packaged 30 – Minute weekly television programme that will regularly x-ray the Nigerian telecommunications and information communications technology (ICT) industry and provide awareness for telecommunication consumers across the country and beyond. The weekly programme, aptly tagged Telecom Weekly,... Read More

MainOne to make business decision as states indifference slows InfraCo take-off

  By Staff Reporter Mainone, an Equinix company, has explained its inability to roll out services with its Infrastructure Company (InfraCo) license. The firm, which explained that the challenge cuts across the entire region, even with other licensees, stressed the regulatory and fiscal challenges regarding Infraco model. Recall that MainOne and IHS were the... Read More

NCC seeks identification, elimination of risks in telecoms sector

By Favour Unukaso The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has embarked on a regulatory step to sensitize the industry about the need for proper and continuous risk identification with the view to managing such risks before they affect the health of the industry.   To this effect, the Commission has hosted a two-day maiden conference... Read More

NCC seeks judiciary’s interest in ICT trends

  By Staff Reporter The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is seeking the nation’s judiciary to be part of Information Communications Technology (ICT) trends, whose impact has now affected ways that justice is delivered across the world. The leadership of the Commission made the call during a workshop organized for Nigerian judges which started in... Read More

NCC targets improved quality of life with 5G auction, says Danbatta

By Favour Unukaso Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Danbatta, has said in Lagos, Tuesday, that the efforts by the Commission to timely auction available spectrum for 5G services in Nigeria, is primarily driven by the pursuit to join the global community to advance digital services and enhance... Read More