The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Monday said it would sanction 13 telecommunications operators for failing to comply with the ‘2442 Do Not Disturb (DND)’ directive on unsolicited telemarketing.
NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Mr Tony Ojobo, in a statement said the directive was...
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Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Alhaji Abba Kyari is said to be under investigation by the Special Investigation Panel of the Nigerian Police Force over bribery allegations.
The probe according to Vanguard’s investigation is in connection with alleged N500million bribery money...
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued final warning to Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) operators, especially the quartet of MTN, Globacom, Airtel and Etisalat, to halt forthwith unsolicited messages (SMS) to subscribers.
The regulator noted that despite its...
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The Nigerian Communications Commission on Wednesday sealed the office of Nokia-Alcatel located in Lekki, Lagos for operating without license.
The NCC’s Head of Enforcement Unit, Mr Salisu Abdul, while speaking with newsmen shortly after the sealing in Lagos, said that the company had been...
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The Nigerian Communications Commission on Tuesday raided some strategic locations in the Federal Capital Territory where active preregistered SIM cards were being sold by agents of mobile telecommunications operators.
The Assistant Director, Enforcement, Mr. Salisu Abdu, told reporters after...
The mandatory implementation of the ‘Do-Not- Disturb’ code by the telecoms operators takes effect from today.
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) had few months ago given all the telecoms operators in the country up to June 30 to switch on the 2442 code to allow any subscriber who does...
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Telecommunications firm, MTN has said it has paid additional N30 billion to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) as part of the N330 billion fine slammed on it for contravening regulatory orders in the country.
The new N30 billion now increases the payment made by the South African firm...
South Africa's MTN Group said on Friday it will pay 330 billion naira ($1.67 billion) over three years to the Nigerian government to settle a fine.
In October, Nigeria originally fined the mobile phone operator $5.2 billion for failing to disconnect users in Africa's most populous nation.
The...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has won the African Regulator Award for 2015.
The NCC won the award at the Africa Information Technology and Telecoms Award (AITTA) hosted by the London-based MobileWorld magazine and United Kingdom (UK) registered Instinct Wave Inc.
The award was...
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MTN Group Limited shares fell after Nigeria suspended talks about a $3.9 billion fine on the South African mobile-phone company.
The stock declined as much as 2.9 percent, the most since May 12, and traded 1.5 percent lower at 126.50 rand monday in Johannesburg, valuing the company at 233...
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Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set to address complaints of subscribers who have been inundated with unsolicited telemarketing, short message service (SMS) and voice calls by mobile network operators with a warning that it shall fine any operator found culpable with a fine N5...
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The Nigerian Communications Commission report for the first quarter of 2016 indicated that MTN Nigeria lost 6.5million internet subscribers.
In the report covering the first three months of the year just released by NCC, MTN which began the quarter with 39,924,737 data customers ended it with...
The Nigerian Communications Commission report for the first quarter of 2016 indicated that Globacom has strengthened its position as Nigeria’s preferred network for new data subscribers.
In the report covering the first three months of the year just released by NCC, Globacom recorded an...
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MTN Nigeria fined $5.2 billion in 2015 by Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) is facing a possible hike to $15.6 billion in a bizarre turn of events.
Nigeria’s House of Representatives is about to hike the fine slapped on MTN Nigeria for failing to deactivate the SIM cards of some 5.1...
The Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Telecommunications, Hon. Sajeed Fijabi, on Wednesday insisted that MTN Nigeria should be made to pay the N1.04 trillion fine in full instead of reducing it to N780bn.
Speaking in a meeting with the Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu and...
The minister of communications, Adebayo Shittu yesterday confirmed that MTN Nigeria has paid N50billion out of the N780bn fine slammed on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for regulatory infractions.
MTN on Wednesday said it had paid N50billion out of the amount and had also...
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Not less than one million unregistered mobile phone lines from the network of telecom operators has been eliminated in the ongoing re-validation of telecommunications subscriber base , according to the latest statistics for the month of December released by the Nigerian Communications Commission...
Telecom operators have threatened to shut down network services in seven different states over closure of Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) by the state governments.
According to the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) Chairman, Engr. Gbenga Adebayo, yesterday...
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Executive vice-chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Umar Dambatta, unveiled an eight-point agenda which will drive the operation of the agency. He assured enhanced commitment towards consumer empowerment and sustainable service delivery.
The 8-point agenda includes...
The federal government has threatened to deal with telecom operators over the way and manner Nigerians, especially women, are being treated in their bid to comply with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) directive on the registration of the subscriber identification module (SIM).
A...
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