The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) is seeking better deal for telecoms consumers in Nigeria. To this end both organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening the resolve of both institutions to protect the Nigerian consumer, especially in the communications industry. Speaking at […]
Read MoreBank customers are soon going to be unable to use Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) short code to do financial transaction, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted telecommunications companies approved to suspend the USSD service to 18 banks. The suspension was as a result of debt owed telecoms operators by Deposit Money Banks (DMBs), […]
Read MoreThe AI-driven 5IR is set to drive tremendous change and the emergence of ‘digital unicorns’ in Africa. Advanced data centres are underpinning this transformation. This is according to Dr Ayotunde Coker, CEO of Open Access Data Centres (OADC), a WIOCC Group Company, Africa’s leading provider of comprehensive, integrated core digital infrastructure solutions and managed network […]
Read MoreThe Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) strategic vision plan (SVP) that runs from 2023 to 2025 is on its last lap as it is expected to end this year. The SVP is ending in year when the telecoms industry players are expecting an increase in telecoms tariff amid harsh economic clime and Government lip service towards […]
Read MoreThe Nigeria Police Force National Cyber-crime Centre (NPF-NCCC) has been named the Best Cyber-crime Unit in Africa for 2024 by the INTERPOL Cyber-crime Directorate in Singapore, ranking first among 54 African countries. According to the NPF-NCC, the achievement demonstrates the Nigeria Police Force’s commitment to combating cyber-crime and improving citizens’ digital safety. It went on to say: […]
Read MoreThe Nigerian Government has confirmed plans to increase telecoms tariffs but assured Nigerians it won’t be by 100% as requested by operators. The Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijan, made this known at a stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja on Wednesday. He said the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) would come up with modalities […]
Read MoreMobile Telephone Network (MTN) Nigeria has asked the Nigerian Government to consider increasing telecoms tariff in the light of the present economic crisis in the country. Chief Executive Officer of the largest telecoms network in the country, Mr Karl Toriola told Channels Television in an interview during its breakfast program, SunRise Daily that it has […]
Read MoreThe Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has dismissed reports from some online media (not TechnologyMirror) of an upward review of tariffs in the telecom sector effective from January. There have been reports that the Nigerian Telecommunications Commission (NCC) had announced new tariff increases for the telecom operators to take effect in January, 2025. A reliable source […]
Read MoreThe customers of Exchange Telecommunications Limited a local and international Interconnect Carrier, the largest in Nigeria, with 4 Points-Of-Interconnect nationwide would no longer be able to use their services. That is due to the disconnection approval granted by the Nigerian Communications Commission to the MTN Nigeria Communications Limited (MTN) as a result of non-settlement of […]
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Nigeria’s leading information and communications technology company, ipNX, has clinched two prestigious awards at the 10th edition of the Nigeria Technology Awards (NiTA), Lagos. The event, which brought together key stakeholders and leaders in the Nigerian ICT sector as well as other government MDAs, recognized ipNX as the “Most Reliable Fibre Internet Service Provider of […]
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