The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has congratulated the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, on his recent appointment as the Chairman of the 2022 World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Forum by the International Telecommunication...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) have taken their collaboration a notch further by setting up a Joint Committee of senior and management staff of the two agencies towards the implementation of inter-agency strategies for enhancing national revenues in the telecommunications sector.
The NCC’s...
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has appointed the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami as the Chairman of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2022.
The event will take place at ITU Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
The appointment was conveyed to the Minister through a letter from...
Contrary to the agitation by the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to increase tariffs of telecom services in the country, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has assured subscribers that no tariff increase would be effected by the operators without due regulatory approval by the Commission.
NCC said, the clarification was necessary...
MTN and Mafab Communications, winners of the 3.5GHz spectrum auction conducted by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have gotten approval to commence roll-out of the Fifth Generation (5G) network in August this year.
NCC's approval came with the issuance of the final letters of award of the 5G Spectrum Licences...
In continuation of its efforts to support media professionals, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently organised a One-day Capacity Building Workshop for members of the Nigerian Information Technology Reporters' Association (NITRA), Abuja Chapter.
The workshop was designed to deepen their knowledge and reportage of the Commission especially with regards to 5G...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has commenced the process of conducting a study to assess the current level of competition in the colocation and infrastructure sharing (CIS) segment of the Nigerian telecommunications sector. Seventy-eight licensees are currently operating in that market segment.
NCC said, the study was to enable the...
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami has tasked the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) on effective data protection, privacy and confidentiality in Nigeria.
Pantami spoke at the official lunch of NDPB Logo, Website and Core values, on Tuesday in Abuja.
He noted that the data protection should not...
The Federal Government has directed all Telcos to strictly enforce the NIN-SIM linkage Policy on all SIMs issued (existing and new), as part of efforts to curb the increasing security challenges in the country.
With the directive, outgoing calls will subsequently be barred for telephone lines that have not complied...
The Federal Government has removed indefinitely the earlier deadline given for the NIN-SIM linkage.
Recall, the federal government approved an extension of the NIN-SIM linkage deadline to the 31st of March, 2022.
However, in a joint statement by the Head, Corporate Communications, NIMC, Mr. Kayode Adegoke and Director, Public Affairs, NCC,...
