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  • NCC, Judiciary, to jointly fight cybercrime

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    The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Wednesday called for the cooperation and contributions of the judiciary to checkmate rising cases of cybercrime in the country. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, made the plea in Lagos during the “2018 Annual Workshop for Judges on Legal Issues in Telecommunication’’. He said that in…

  • Why right policies are need to fast-track digital growth in Africa

    Why right policies are need to fast-track digital growth in Africa

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    Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has called on stakeholders in the telecommunication sector to put in place right polices to fast track digital growth in Africa. Danbatta made this call on Monday at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Digital Bridge Institute Regional Human Capacity Building Workshop in Abuja.…

  • NCC, INEC review committee report on 2019 election

    NCC, INEC review committee report on 2019 election

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    Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) have met to review the outcome of the report of the joint committee set up early in the year on electronic transmission and collation of results. Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice-Chairman, NCC, after the meeting with the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Thursday, described the…

  • NCC to license telecoms operators to host lotteries on networks

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    The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it will soon license telecom companies to host lotteries on their networks. Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, said this during the review of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between NCC and National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) on Monday in Abuja. “Very soon we are going to…

  • NCC to open up, assign other spectrum bands to telcos

    NCC to open up, assign other spectrum bands to telcos

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    The Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) has said, given that spectrum is a critical mobile infrastructure, it will open up and assign other spectrum bands for telecoms service providers in the country. NCC’s Executive Vice Chairman, Professor Umar Danbatta, made this known, while also stressing that the Commission will open up and assign the other spectrum…

  • NCC establishes monitoring committee

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    The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it has established Broadband Implementation Committee to fast track the deployment of infrastructure to raise broadband penetration in the country. Prof. Umar Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC made this disclosure at the commission’s stakeholders’engagement meeting with relevant state agencies in charge of telecommunications matters. The meeting’s theme…

  • Withdrawn telephone lines: No time to allow waste – Danbatta

    Withdrawn telephone lines: No time to allow waste – Danbatta

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    The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Umar Danbatta, has said telephone lines withdrawn from telecom operators, is to allow for good management of resources. TheNewsGuru reports 36.6 million telephone lines were withdrawn from some telecommunications operators from the National Numbering Plan (NNP) by NCC in March this year. The NCC boss…

  • NCC says Internet users reaches 103m in May

    NCC says Internet users reaches 103m in May

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    Prof. Umar Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Tuesday described the growth of the internet as enormous with the number of users reaching 103 million in May. Danbatta, who was represented by Mr Haru Alhassan, the Director, New Media and Information Security of NCC, said this in Abuja at the Nigeria…

  • NCC to introduce new framework on infrastructure sharing, co-location

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    The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it will introduce a more active infrastructure sharing and co-location framework to help the small telecom operators provide service to all Nigerians. Prof. Umar Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC said this on Tuesday in Abuja while fielding questions from newsmen. Telecommunications operators had recently called on the…

  • National roaming will end rural-urban digital divide – NCC

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    The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), on Wednesday said that national roaming and active Infrastructure Sharing in Nigeria would end rural-urban digital divide. The NCC Executive Vice-Chairman, Prof. Umar Danbatta, made this known at a stakeholders’ forum on “Development of Framework for National Roaming and Active Infrastructure Sharing in Nigeria’’ held at Digital Bridge Institute, Lagos.…