Media & Telecoms

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…

Telecommunications operators are threatening to withdraw their services to banks and other financial institutions in Nigeria due to their unwillingness to pay their debts. To this end, bank customers will not be able to make ATM withdrawal or do transfers as well as…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday warned the public as original equipment manufacturer (OEM), Lenovo, said it had discovered vendor vulnerabilities in some of its products, which it said could lead to information disclosure, privilege escalation, and denial of service. These affect Lenovo…