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Danbatta bags Vanguard’s Regulator of the Year Award

Ihesiulo Grace 29 January 2023 0

By Temitope Adebayo The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, was at the weekend in Lagos, decorated with the 2022 Regulator of the Year Award at the prestigious 11th Edition of the Vanguard Personality of the Year

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Telecom operators have till Sept 25 to deactivate 2.24m SIM Cards – FG

Ihesiulo Grace 17 September 2019 0

Ladsope Ladelokun The Federal government has directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), to go ahead and deactivate 2.24 million improperly registered Sim cards on or before 25th September. The Minister of Communications, Dr Ibrahim Pantami issued the directive on Monday during the inauguration of the newly constituted board of NCC. Pantami, who frowned at the

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NCC warns against increase of fake telecom devices

Ihesiulo Grace 29 August 2019 0

Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC has warned against increase of low-quality, and fake telecom devices in the country as they are hazardous to human health. In a workshop tagged, “Hazardous Effect of Non Type Approved Handsets and E-Waste: Impact on Quality of Service and E-Waste”, Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta said using fake […]

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NCC tasks mobile operators on value generation, new services

Ihesiulo Grace 16 August 2019 0

Ladesope Ladelokun The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Danbatta has urged mobile operators to unlock new services, sources of value generation and revenue streams in their operations. The NCC’s EVC said it was necessary to innovate on how to access segments of the consumer wallets not presently allocated to […]

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How telecoms investment can thrive beyond $70bn investment profiles – NCC

Ihesiulo Grace 19 July 2019 0

Ladesope Ladelokun Nigeria’s telecom regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has urged five authorities to complement existing infrastructure to provide the enabling environment for telecom investment to thrive above its $70 billion investment profiles. The Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof Umar Danbatta made this appeal at the fourth

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Robust telecom investment key to economic growth- Stakeholders

Ihesiulo Grace 12 July 2019 0

Ladesope Ladelokun The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Danbatta and other business thought leaders in the telecommunications ecosystem say a huge investment in telecom infrastructure is crucial to have a robust telecom network and economic growth. Danbatta, who was a keynote speaker at the Association of Telecommunications

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Broadband penetration: NCC mulls 120,000 kilometres optic fiber by 2023

Ihesiulo Grace 23 May 2019

Ladesope Ladelokun The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has expressed readiness to cause the laying of not less than120000 kilometres optic fiber by 2023 to aid pervasive broadband penetration. Danbatta made this known at a valedictory press conference held in honour of the Minister of Communications, Barr

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NSE: MTN tops gainers chart amid N275bn infraction payment to FG

Ihesiulo Grace 22 May 2019

…As market capitalization hits N13.30trn Motolani Oseni There was a positive trend at the end of trading activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday, with MTN Nigeria Communications leading the gainers’ chart closing at N131.70 per share, amid payment of N275 billion SIM infractions to the federal government. Also, the market capitalisation which […]

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InfraCos: Why N3bn subsidy is not enough

Ihesiulo Grace 16 April 2019

Ladesope Ladelokun In a bid to boost broadband penetration and reduce the high cost of broadband bandwidth, Nigeria, in 2015, saw the need to license Infrastructure Companies (InfraCos) to provide broadband infrastructure across the length and breadth of the country. To demonstrate its commitment, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) licensed the first set of

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Broadband Penetration: NCC plans new spectrum auctions

Ihesiulo Grace 12 November 2017 0

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

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Danbatta condemns attacks on infrastructure

Ihesiulo Grace 4 April 2017 0

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof Umar Danbatta has condemned the unwarranted cutting of fiber cables and unending community attack on telecommunications infrastructure, which he attributed as some of the factors responsible for poor quality of services in the country. Danbatta, who was a guest on the popular Channels TV programmes

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NCC contributes N1.4trn to economy – Danbatta

Ihesiulo Grace 27 January 2017 0

The Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Danbatta, says the commission has contributed more than N1.4 trillion to the economy since its inception. Danbatta said this when he delivered the 46th Convocation Lecture of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in Enugu State, on Thursday. He said that policymakers needed to leverage […]