Telecommunication – NEWSWATCHNIGERIA

November 6, 2019 one Response

Budget: Nigeria to Spend $390 Million on Telecoms by 2020

Telecommunication sector in Nigeria is about to witness a tremendous infrastructure growth as a total budget of 387,275,238.00 United States Dollar is proposed to be spent to improve the sector by year 2020.

October 3, 2019 No Responses

Active Phone Lines Hit 175m as Nigeria Clocks 59

Danbatta, NCC Bag Awards for Telecoms Growth As the world celebrates Nigeria @ 59, NewswatchNigeria can report that the total active voice subscriptions across registered network operators in the country currently stand at 175 million on the log. Internet acce...

June 27, 2019 No Responses

It’s an offence to disclose subscribers’ database – NCC Warns Telcos

The Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, says it is an offence for any telecommunication operator to disclose data of subscribers on their network. Danbatta said this at the 88th Edition of the Telecom Consu...

March 26, 2019 No Responses

NCC urges licensees to comply with regulatory framework

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has urged its licensees to comply with applicable regulatory instruments of the commission to ensure quality service and consumer protection. The Executive Vice Chairman of the commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, made the ...

October 4, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria Outlaws Auto-renewal of Value Added Services on Consumers

Many VAS Providers are full of Sharp Practices – NCC Insists Consumers are King & would be Protected Subscribers in the telecommunication industry may now be finally relieved of pains inflicted by Value Added Service (VAS) providers as auto-renewal o...

April 26, 2018 No Responses

Regulatory Policy on Telecoms National Roaming Underway, says NCC

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), on Wednesday said it has reached an advance stage in the process to introduce national roaming and active Infrastructure sharing policy for telecommunication operators in the country. . The policy, when fully introd...

July 21, 2017 No Responses

Nigeria Harmonises Telecoms Right of Way Charges

The National Economic Council (NEC) yesterday approved a policy to harmonise right of way charges payable by telecommunications companies and related public utility infrastructure on Local Governments, States and Federal Highways. Minister of Communication ...