Teledensity drags as telecoms operators get new subscribers

  By Favour Unukaso THOUGH it gained about 0.4 per cent in July, Nigeria’s teledensity has remained very slow in the last three months, a report has revealed.     While the country witnessed 115.91 per cent in May, it dropped to 115.30 per cent in June and leaped slightly in July to 115.70 per... Read More

MVNOs get one year to roll out service as 5G sees 60,000 subscriptions in Nigeria

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... 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

More Nigerians make calls as telephone subscriptions rise to 227m

TELECOMMUNICATION operators activated additional 953,192 Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards in February to push active telephone lines in the country to 227 million from 325 million connected lines since the telecoms revolution began in Nigeria. The new figure was a slight departure from the 226 million recorded in the first month of the year.... Read More

Telcos activate 3.6m new SIMs as NIMC issues 1.5m NINs

By Staff Reporter TELECOMS operators activated 3.6 million new Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards in January. This subsequently pushed active telephone lines in the country from 222.5 million in December 2022 to 226 million a month after. With this new development, connected telephone lines in Nigeria are now 322 million and teledensity peaked at... 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

Nigeria gets new international termination rate, second in eight months

By Adeyemi Adepetun   THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has introduced a new international termination rate (ITR), which takes effect from September 1. This is the second within eight months. The new rate, which is now $0.10 (10 cents per minutes) as against the earlier $0.045, will still be paid in dollars and operators... Read More