The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has arrested six persons in Kano State for alleged selling of pre-registered SIM cards. The commission recovered over 100 pieces of pre-registered SIM cards from the suspects. Speaking shortly after raiding some places at the famous GSM Market at Farm Center and ’Yankura Market, yesterday, the head of re-enforcement unit…
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Nigeria Plans Big For ITU Telecom World 2016
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) innovators, industry players and stakeholders are among the large number of delegates to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Telecom World 2016. The event which is due to hold in Bangkok, Thailand from November 14 – 17, 2016 will provide participants the opportunity to network, showcase their innovations and tap new…
HTC, NCC, NITDA To Host ICT Stakeholders Across Nigeria
The High Tech Centre, HTC, for Nigerian Women and Youths, a non-governmental organisation in collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, and the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, have concluded plans to host an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) stakeholders in the country at special forum across Nigeria. A press statement issued by the…
NCC Enforces 2442 DO NOT DISTURB Short Code
from July 1, 2016, activate the DO NOT DISTURB facility which gives subscribers the freedom to choose what messages to receive from the various networks. With this Direction, operators have been mandated to dedicate a common Short Code (2442) which will enable subscribers take informed decisions. Director of Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Tony…
NCC Remits N70b Into Federation Account
About N70 billon was remitted into the Federation Account in the last one year by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC. This information was contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by the Special Assistant on Media to the chief executive of the commission, Yakubu Musa. The NCC further disclosed that, “This is in…
Buhari Orders Review Of MTN N789b Fine
The Federal Government has ordered the Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC, to renegotiate the N789 billion fine it slammed on telecoms company, MTN, for not deactivating its subscribers not registered during the window opened for registration of SIM cards. President Muhammadu Buhari, who received his counterpart from South Africa, Jacob Zuma, on Tuesday in Abuja, explained…
MTN Withdraws Suit Against NCC, Pays N50b
mtn The suit instituted against the Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC, by MTN Nigeria has been withdrawn from court. MTN announced the withdrawal on Wednesday and said it has decided to N50 billion to the regulator of the industry in good faith. The company had earlier sued the NCC after it was fined N1.04 trillion for…
Court Stops MTN Taking Money Abroad
Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos has barred MTN Nigeria Communications Limited from moving any of its funds from all commercial banks in Nigeria abroad pending hearing of its suit challenging the N1.4trillion fine imposed on it by the Nigerian Communication Commission, NCC. The Federal Government, through the NCC, initially imposed…