The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said the ongoing implementation of the National Identity Number and SIM linkage policy in the country has posed a difficultly for terrorists and bandits to access telecommunication services. NCC Director, Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement, Ephraim Nwokonanya, represented by Head Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement, Alkasim Umar, made this disclosure at […]
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has stated that it wishes to officially inform telecoms consumers, whose Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards are barred from making outgoing calls, that affected SIMs will not be unbarred by the service providers until they are linked with the National Identification Numbers (NIN) of the SIM holders. The NCC said […]
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The Federal Government has directed telecommunication companies to bar all outgoing calls on yet to be linked phone numbers from Monday, April 4, 2022. Unlinked lines are sims not yet registered and linked with the National Identification Number (NIN). The directive is contained in a joint statement issued on Monday, by NCC Director, Public Affairs, […]
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The federal government has urged Nigerians to link their National Identification Number (NIN) to their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) within the next few days This was contained in a statement jointly signed by the Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Head, Corporate Communications, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Mr. Kayode Adegoke, on Thursday. […]
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The Nigerian telecommunication industry has posted an impressive growth after subscribers hit a record 197.49 million as at January 2022. The industrial statistics released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), disclosed that the industry had 195,463,898 telecom subscribers in December 2021. But year on year, the NCC revealed that subscribers fell by 2.71 million compared […]
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has arrested no lesser than five suspects for allegedly engaging in fraudulent registration and sale of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards. The Director Public Affairs, NCC, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, disclosed that the arrest was part of the commission’s routine enforcement activities to rid […]
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has given out N65 million to 11 universities in Nigeria to boost the telecommunication sector. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Umar Danbatta, made this known at the presentation of award letters to the winning universities. Mr Danbatta said that the award was in recognition of the role of the […]
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that mobile broadband is economically cost-effective and encourages private sector participation better than fixed broadband. Sunday Dare, Executive Commissioner, Stakeholders Management, NCC, said this during an interactive session with the Nigerian information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA) in Abuja. Mr Dare said the National Broadband Plan had both mobile […]
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MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (MTN), has paid the sixth and final instalment of N55 billion to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). This completes MTN’s payment of the N330 billion negotiated settlement agreed between the NCC and the company in 2016. According to Tobechukwu Okigbo, MTN’s chief corporate relations officer, the successful resolution of the fine […]
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Monday said that telecommunications operators carried out 14,639 Mobile Number Portability activities in February 2019. The NCC made this known in its “Incoming and Outgoing Porting Activities of Mobile Network Operators’ Report’’ on its website. The commission said in the report that 10,650 subscribers ported within the networks in […]
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