5% Excise Duty: Telecom Firms Reject Proposed Reintroduction   The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria, ATCON, has rejected plans by the Federal Government to reintroduce a five percent excise duty on the telecommunications sector, warning that the move could significantly burden the industry. On July 6,...

Telecoms Operators Blame Poor Network On Lagos, Edo Protests         Telecom operators are appealing to the protesting youths in Lagos and Edo states to allow their workers reach the transceiver base stations for servicing. The President, Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria, Teniola Olusola, in a telephone...

ATCON, ALTON Tango Over Data Protection Regulation   Two industry associations, the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) and the Association of Telecoms Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), have expressed opposing views over the right of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to implement...

10% Interconnect Debt Cleared By Telecoms Debtors   There are indications that telecommunications operators have started paying up their interconnect debt following the disconnection notices issued to them by creditors in the industry. It was gathered from reliable sources in the industry that up to 10 per...

Telecoms Capital Importation Reduces by 94% The capital importation of companies operating in the telecommunication industry has reduced drastically in the second quarter of 2018 compared with the same quarter of last year. A careful appraisal of the second quarter 2018 capital importation report published...