Media & Telecoms

NCC Issues Warning Over Apps Stealing Personal Data

The Nigerian Communications Commission has warned Nigerians to stay away from mobile applications from the ‘Mobile Apps Group’. According to the commission, the group had been discovered to release apps containing trojans and adware that were harmful to users and their privacy. The NCC-CSIRT…

09/11/2022

NBC Orders Multichoice to Sublicence Channels to Metro Digital

In pursuant to a judgement of the Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt on July 13, 2022, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has directed Multichoice Nigeria Limited to sublicence some of its channels to Metro Digital. The directive was followed based on provisions…

08/11/2022

NCC Inaugurates Committee to Accelerate Broadband Infrastructure Deployment

In a bid to give verve to expansion of broadband services in the country, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has inaugurated an industry-wide committee to facilitate the deployment of broadband infrastructure under a project named, National Communications Backbone (NCB). Chaired by NCC’s Director…

07/11/2022

Telecoms Contribute $70bn to Nation’s Economy – NCC

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, said the technology-driven telecommunications industry had contributed $70 billion to Nigeria’s economy. Danbatta said that the industry had provided over 500,000 jobs in the public and private sectors and improved the…

24/10/2022

NCC Sets $273.6m Asking Price for 5G Spectrum

The Nigerian Communications Commission has set the reserve price for its new 5G spectrums at $273.60m. This is as it revealed plans to issue two more 5G licences after announcing the auction for its remaining spectrum band on Friday. It said, “The…

22/10/2022

Telcos Fume as FG Orders Tariff Hike Reversal

The Federal Government has ordered telecommunication companies to reverse their recent 10 per cent hike in calls and data prices. This decision means that telcos like MTN Nigeria and Airtel, who had initially increased the prices of their data bundles by about 10…

20/10/2022

NCC Directs MTN, Airtel to Reverse Hike in Telecom Tariff

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered MTN and Airtel to immediately reverse the hike in their data tariff plan which they implemented on their respective networks last week. MTN and Airtel subscribers suddenly realised that the operators had commenced a new data…

20/10/2022

NCC Disowns Circulating ‘Certificate of Site Ownership for Mass Transmission Antenna’

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has discovered, through social listening and environmental surveillance that a fraudulent letter, titled: “Certificate of Site Ownership”, for clearance of “Mast Transmission Antenna”, are being circulated by some unidentifiable individuals, and purporting that the letter was issued…

18/10/2022

Telcos Raise Data Rates

Two major telecommunications companies in Nigeria, MTN Nigeria Communications Plc and Airtel Nigeria, have increased prices for their internet data services by about 10 per cent. Both companies confirmed the increase on their separate verified Twitter pages (@AirtelNigeria and @MTN180) in response to…

09/10/2022

NCC Made Over $500m From Auction Of 5G Spectrum ―Dambatta

Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Dambatta on Wednesday stated that the Commission recently conducted a successful fifth-generation spectrum auction which generated over $500 million for the Federal Government. He also unveiled plans for the deployment of technology to verify…

06/10/2022