Telecommunications operators have kicked against the suspension of the new data tariff floor recently approved by the Nigerian Telecommunications Commission (NCC), which would have increased charges for data services offered by the firms had NCC allowed its take off yesterday. Worried about the public outcry...

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed the five big telecoms operators in the country to increase their data tariffs from Thursday, December 1, in order to allow small operators and new entrants to acquire market share and operate profitably, Daily Trust has learnt. An NCC...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said the telecommunications sector, contributed N1.398 trillion, or 1.11 per cent in the real terms to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the third quarter of 2016. In a statement signed by NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Mr. Tony...

Telecom: Investments in the Nigerian telecommunications industry since the advent of Global System for Mobile Communication in 2001 has hit $68bn. Of this amount, $35bn came from Foreign Direct Investments. Former Secretary General of the International Telecommunications Union, Dr. Hamadoun Toure, disclosed this in a keynote...

Mr Tony Ojobo, the quintessential public relations guru in charge of public affairs of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), describes it as “remarkable shift” in the history of the leadership of the regulatory body. It’s, undoubtedly, not the kind of testimony that you often...

The Nigerian Communications Commission has written the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, demanding the transfer of the initial N50bn paid by MTN Nigeria Communications to the regulator’s account with the Central Bank of Nigeria. The Executive Vice Chairman,...