The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has strengthened the country’s broadband ecosystem with the licensing of six new Internet Service Providers (ISPs), raising the total number of authorised operators from 224 in December 2025 to 231. Each of the new entrants has been granted a five-year licence, effective January 1, 2026, through December 31, […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has launched a comprehensive competition study in the telecommunications sector as part of efforts to address concerns over market dominance and promote fair, effective and sustainable competition. The Commission disclosed this at a stakeholders’ forum on the Study of Competition in the Nigerian Telecommunications Industry, held in collaboration […]
Nigeria’s persistent poor network connectivity, especially in major cities like Abuja, is once again in the spotlight, exposing the deep structural weaknesses in the country’s telecommunications infrastructure. While subscribers often blame mobile network operators for dropped calls, slow internet speeds and complete service outages, recent developments show that the problem runs much deeper than service […]
By Victor Ejechi I have spent the last few years making sense of Nigeria through numbers. From my early days at StatiSense to heading TheCable Index and now leading insights at SBM Intelligence, data has been the constant thread connecting my work. Across all these roles, one thing has remained clear to me: data tells […]
Ladesope Ladelokun The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it has proceeded to licence infrastructure companies for each of the seven zones, to deploy broadband infrastructure that will ensure speed of up to 25 megabits per second in the rural areas. The commission says each of the 774 Local Government Areas of Nigeria will have an […]
*Court hears NBA’s suit challenging Twitter ban Oct 4 Andrew Orolua, Abuja. The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) an umbrella body of practicing lawyers in the country has sued President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and others over the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. NBA stated in a document filed at the Federal […]
By Wole Olaoye “It is not our diversity which divides us”, said Nelson Mandela, “it is not our ethnicity, or religion or culture that divides us. Since we have achieved our freedom, there can only be one division amongst us: between those who cherish democracy and those who do not.” Wise words, assuming the process […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission on Monday announced that it had granted approval for two mobile network operators, MTN Nigeria and 9Mobile, to carry out trials on the workability of embedded Subscriber Identification Modules Service in Nigeria. It said the trials, approved to run for a period of one year, would involve testing 5,000 e-SIMs by […]
The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has emerged the winner of the 2019 Zik Prize, in the professional leadership category. READ ALSO: Why Telcos should slash call, data services, by NCC boss Danbatta This was made known in a statement signed by the Public […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has begun a cost-based study to set the new pricing regime for mobile international termination rate (ITR) for inbound international voice calls in the country. READ ALSO: Why Telcos should slash call, data services, by NCC boss Danbatta In a statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs, NCC, Dr. […]
…NCC not doing enough to check drop calls, says NATCOMS …There’s no high incidence of drop calls-Telco regulator The National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), on Sunday, exchanged words over spate of drop calls in Nigeria. While the NATCOMS accused NCC of not doing enough to check the spate […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has attributed cybercrime and e-fraud as one of the major challenges facing telecommunications users in the country. NCC Executive Vice Chairman, Prof. Umar Danbatta, stated this during the commission’s special day in Enugu on Sunday at the ongoing 31st Enugu International Trade Fair. Danbatta, represented by a Director in the […]
The Senate yesterday confirmed the appointment of Prof. Adeolu Akande and Uche Onwude as chairman and member respectively, of the board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Also, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Ahmed Amshi from Yobe state as the chairman of the National Assembly Service Commission ( NASC) and 12 others as members […]
The Senate has received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari for the confirmation of Dr. Kingsley Obiora and Prof. Adeola Akande as deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) respectively. Both requests were contained in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and dated […]
Active telephone lines in Nigeria increased from 162,058,918 in September to 165,239,443 in October 2018, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said. The commission made this known in its Monthly Subscriber/Operator Data published on its website on Thursday. The regulatory body said the lines increased by 3,180,525 from the 162,058,918 recorded in September. It said […]
Following the sales approval of 9mobile- the third largest mobile network operator in Nigeria to Teleology Holdings Limited by both the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) since August this year, the acquisition process has finally completed, investigations by The Daily Times revealed. An inside source told us that the sale […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Friday fixed January 16 deadline for receipt of bidding offers from prospective bidders to acquire debt-laden telecom firm, 9mobile. The NCC, alongside the Central Bank of Nigeria approved the deadline after 9mobile Board requested a time extension. It added that Barclays Africa will review bids submitted before the deadline […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it will soon auction and assignment new spectrums to boost broadband penetration in the country. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta made this known in Lagos during the Telecom Executives and Regulator Forum, organised by the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON). The theme of […]
Andrew Orolua, Abuja The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking to compel the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to enforce N1.040 trillion fine it initially imposed on MTN by Nigeria Communications Limited for failure to disconnect unregistered subscribers. Hon Raphael Igbokwe and Emmanuel Njoku have filed the suit seeking an order of […]
The Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF), an arm of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), says it has selected 30 innovations to further compete for its Change-maker Challenge 2017. The USPF Changemaker Challenge 2017, is a nationwide competition open to innovators, software developers, UX designers, students and other ICT enthusiasts in Nigeria. The objective of the […]