SIM-NIN: NCC defends blocking of phone lines, lawyer slams N10bn suit

SIM-NIN: NCC defends blocking of phone lines, lawyer slams N10bn suit

A Lagos-based lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje, on Monday filed a N10bn suit before the Federal High Court in Lagos against the Nigerian Communications Commission, its Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Communication Commission, Dr Aminu Maida, for alleged inconvenience, discomfort, injury and loss of business opportunities by Nigerians due to the blocking of their lines … Read more

NIN-SIM linkage: 40 million subscribers disconnected

Telecommunications companies say they have disconnected over 40 million subscribers who did not present their National Identity Numbers in line with Nigeria’s Subscribers Identification Module and NIN linkage policy, DAILY POST reports.JAMB Portal The Chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria, Gbenga Adebayo, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Read Other … Read more

NCC orders telcos to bar lines not linked to NIN

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has issued a directive to telecom service providers to bar subscribers who have failed to link their phone numbers to their National Identification Numbers (NIN) on or before February 28, 2024, as per DAILY POST. The Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Aminu Maida, who gave the directive through the … Read more

Tinubu reconstitutes management teams in Ministry of Communications, Digital Economy

Tinubu reconstitutes management teams in Ministry of Communications, Digital Economy

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of qualified Nigerians to serve in agencies under the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, as per DAILY POST.informationguideNigeria Among them is the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, which has Abraham Oshadami as Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, and Rimini Makama as Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management, while the Digital … Read more

5G auction fails to attract bidders

5G auction fails to attract bidders

The Nigerian Communications Commission has disclosed that Airtel Network Limited has emerged as the sole bidder for its 3.5GHz frequency band for 5G deployment in the country.Information Guide Nigeria Based on this, the NCC stated that there would be no auction because Airtel will be given one of the available lots of 100 MHz TDD … Read more

World richest man Elon Musk announces his Starlink network is coming to Nigeria; lists benefits

The government of Nigeria has given Elon Musk, the wealthiest man in the world, the go light to start his Starlink network there.Infomation Guide Nigeria The founder of SpaceX now faces stiff competition from established players like MTN and Airtel in Nigeria’s booming telecommunications industry. The billionaire said that, after months of negotiations, the Federal … Read more

Reason Nigerians May Still Suffer Poor Services After 5G Launch

Reason Nigerians May Still Suffer Poor Services After 5G Launch

The general knowledge on the street is that 5G will make the telecommunication a lot easier in terms of connections, data management social interactions. But, it appears that is not totally going to be the case as telcos are expressing frustration with the way and manner their facilities are being shut down, vandalised, and destroyed. … Read more

Subscribers fail to use 98.75 million SIMs – Report

Subscribers fail to use 98.75 million SIMs – Report

According to recent industry statistics released by the Nigerian Communications Commission, telecom consumers abandoned 98.75 million registered SIMs in the month of July.Information Guide Nigeria This is because, for the third consecutive month in 2021, there were more than 300 million SIM cards in use worldwide (307.36 million). Additionally, the total number of active lines … Read more

8 Functions of Nigerian Communications Commission

Here in this post, we are going to give you 8 functions of the Nigerian communications commission. We hope you find this article informative. The Nigerian Communications Commission NCC came to be, according to the Nigerian Communications Act of 2003. The Act, however, was signed into law that year, by the then President of the … Read more