Stakeholders claim MTN’s interest in new 5G license is anti-competition

  By Adeyemi Adepetun SERIOUS crises appear to be brewing in Nigeria’s $70 billion telecommunications industry over interest shown by MTN to seek additional Fifth-Generation (5G) spectrum licence.    Other operators and stakeholders, yesterday in Lagos, kicked against MTN’s move, to seek additional 5G spectrum in the country.      This was part of the deliberations at... Read More

NCC receives cybersecurity award, seeks safer Internet

THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) at the weekend in Lagos, received a cybersecurity promotion award at the maiden edition of Cybersecurity Merit Awards hosted by the Cybersecurity Experts Association of Nigerian (CSEAN) which enumerated several steps taken by it to promote a safer Internet. The award, which was conferred on the Commission, ahead of... Read More

New spectrum auction to fetch FG $5476m as NCC sell last two lots of 5G frequency

By Favour Unukaso THE coffers of the Federal Government is expected to be $547 million richer following plans by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to auction two more Fifth-Generation (5G) network licences in the country.   In the Information Memorandum (IM) on 3.5 GHz Spectrum Auction revealed at the weekend, which NCC used to... 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

Concerns as Nigeria’s telecoms industry sees 50,000 infrastructure damages in five years

By Adeyemi Adepetun OVER 50,000 cases of major destruction to telecoms infrastructure and facilities have been reported across the country in the past five years, raising alarm over the implication of these incidents to the quality of telecommunications services in Nigeria. Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, who... Read More

MTN kicks off 5G pilot in Nigeria, targets commercial launch in seven cities

  By Adeyemi Adepetun MTN Nigeria Communications Plc kicked off an open Fifth- Generation (5G) pilot in the lead-up to its highly anticipated commercial launch. The Company, which intends to launch 5G services in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Ibadan, Kano, Owerri, and Maiduguri, is testing the next-generation network infrastructure. Customers with certain enabled devices... Read More