Telecoms tariff hike shouldn’t be more than 30 to 60%, says Minister

  By Favour Unukaso THE Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, Wednesday, hinted that the tariff hike to be approved by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) should be between 30 and 60 per cent threshold.     Tijani said the ministry would not approve a 100 per cent hike, stressing that... Read More

Telecoms operators get tariff hike as minister demands service improvement

By Favour Unukaso THE Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, has said that new tariff hike will soon be approved for the sector. After meeting with the telecoms operators on Wednesday in Abuja, said the Nigerian Communications tions Commission (NCC) will soon come up with modalities for tariff adjustment in... Read More

Telcos propose 100% tariff hike amid backlashes

  By Favour Unukaso  TELECOMMUNICATIONS operators said they made a proposal of 100 per cent tariff hike to the regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in their plea for hike in tariffs on services offered including voice, data and digital.    MTN Chief Executive Officer, Karl Toriola, disclosed this on Thursday, when he featured... Read More

FG directs MNOs to reverse unilateral 10% tariff hike

By Staff Reporter THE Federal Government has directed mobile network operators (MNOs) to reverse the 10 per cent hike in tariffs, especially on data services, which they recently implemented.     In a statement, signed by the Director of Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Reuben Muoka, the telecoms regulator said its board didn’t give final... Read More