Telecom sector regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has commenced a comprehensive review of mobile termination rates (MTR), eight years after the current rates were introduced in 2018. The Head of Competition and Tariff at the NCC, Omotayo Mohammed, disclosed this on Tuesday in Lagos while presenting a consultancy document on the review process. Mobile…
A consumer rights group, Association of Telephone, Cable Tv, and Internet Subscribers of Nigeria (ATCIS-Nigeria) has urged the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and telecom operators to do more to improve the end user experience of telecom services. Its President, Dr Sina Bilesanmi, who spoke during an occasion to mark this year’s World Consumer Rights Day…
African carriers have come under growing pressure as commoditisation, digitisation and intensified competition are reshaping the industry faster than the dot‑com era, PwC report has noted. This accelerating change across the industry is a clear signal that reinvention can’t wait, report, entitled: ‘Reinventing Telecoms: Beyond the Buzzwords’, noted. The report said across the continent, leading…
Telecom subscribers in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have been hit by poor quality of service (QoS) in the city which is the seat of government. While the current trivial of the subscribers have been blamed on the activities of the National Oil and Gas Suppliers Association (NOGASA), which disrupted diesel supplies to sites…
The Chairman, Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), Adebayo, has commended the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) for its exceptional performance in protecting telecommunications infrastructure across the state. Publicity Secretary, Sir. Damian Udeh, in a statement, said Adebayo gave the commendation during a courtesy visit to…
The telecom industry maintained strong performance through the third quarter (Q3) of 2025, with active voice subscriptions rising to 173.54 million in September, from 171.57 million it was in August, latest industry stats from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has shown. The data also showed that teledensity, which represents the number of active telephone lines…
Since the liberalisation in 2001, Nigeria’s telecom industry has created more than 500,000 jobs, transformed connectivity, and enabled economic growth, the sector regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), said Tuesday. In spite of this success story, the sector is heavily plagued with the dearth of requisite skilled manpower that could reverse the gain, the regulator, warned….
The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), the umbrella body for all mobile network operators, tower companies, and telecommunications infrastructure providers in Nigeria, has expressed its deep concerned about ongoing disruptions to the supply logistics of diesel to cell sites across the country. The group said it had received credible reports that members…
With approval from the nation’s telecommunications regulator, and to further ensure a robust conversation around the recent law declaring telecom infrastructure as a Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), positioning it as a national resource to be protected, the planned CNII & Sustainability Conference 2025 discuss has been rescheduled to hold on August 7, 2025 in Lagos….
