Media & Telecoms

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Nigeria has been re-elected as a council member of the International Telecommunication Union, by the United Nations specialised agency that oversees global telecommunication operations. The election of Nigeria and other countries, on Monday, into different regional groups that constitute the ITU Council, was…