Tag: telecom
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Always alert your subscribers about major service disruption -NCC orders operators
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed telecom operators to notify consumers of significant service disruptions via media platforms The directive stated that affected consumers are to receive proportional compensation, including extensions of service validity, in accordance with the Consumer Code of Practice Regulations. According to a statement by Nnenna Ukoha, Acting Head of Public…
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Resolving the telecoms service disruptions in Kogi State – By Okoh Aihe
Just when you think you have heard or seen it all in the convoluting story that is the nation’s telecommunications industry, you find out that the story hasn’t really started at all. In fact, more things begin to emerge from the cauldron of mysteries in the manner of what they call stranger than fiction. Only…
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Telcos want FG to address pricing challenges, others
Telecom operators in Nigeria have on Thursday urged the Federal Government to facilitate a constructive dialogue with industry stakeholders to address pricing challenges. The appeal was made in a joint statement by the Association of Licensed Telecommunications
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Telecom: NCC issues new ITR for implementation
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has issued an amended Determination of Mobile (Voice) International Termination Rate (ITR), for implementation in the Nigerian Telecommunications Industry. NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Mr Reuben Muoka, who made this known in a statement, on Thursday in Abuja, said the implementation would be effective from Thursday.
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Why telecom services will remain poor in Abuja – By Okoh Aihe
Infrastructure deficit is one elevated euphemism to quantify the parlous reality of telecoms growth and development in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The FCT is the seat of government where you expect everything, including service delivery and infrastructure rollout to be top range. But that is wishful thinking, some kind of flight on a…
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We received orders from FG to suspend Twitter – Telecom operators
The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), an industry group, says it had received directives from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the industry regulator, to suspend access to Twitter. The President of ALTON, Mr Gbenga Adebayo made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos, on Saturday. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports…
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Global retail telecom revenues hit USD1.7 trillion
Global retail telecommunication revenues reached USD 1.7 trillion in 2016, representing 2.3 per cent of global gross domestic product (GDP), according to ITU’s new Measuring the Information Society (MIS) Report 2018 released on Tuesday. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the telecom revenues in 2016 represented on average 3 per cent of GDP in Africa and the Arab…
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NCC committed to funding innovative telecom research proposals
Prof. Umar Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Wednesday says the commission is committed to funding research proposals from the academia that will improve the telecommunication sector and boost businesses. He made this known at the inauguration of the 18-member Inter-Agency Committee for the Evaluation of 2018 Research Proposals from the…
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How call masking, simboxing cost telecom industry $3bn
If you receive a lot of foreign calls, chances are that quite a few of them have reached your handset bearing a local GSM or fixed line number. In industry parlance, what you got is called a masked call. What has happened is that your foreign contact has called you directly with their number, but…
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Communications ministry, CBN move to include ICT, Telecom on Forex list
The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, says the ministry is collaborating with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to include the ICT and Telecom industry on Forex priority list. Shittu, represented by Mr John Emeawa, Director, Planning, Research and Statistics (PRS), Ministry of Communications, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja while inaugurating the ICT,…