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Articles tagged with: Nigerian Communications Commission
Nigerian Telecoms Investment Topped $18 Billion Over 8 Years
Telecoms investment in Nigeria has exceeded US$18 billion over the past eight years, the Nigerian Communications Commission has said. more
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Nigeria to Re-Auction WiMAX Licenses
Nigeria's telecoms regulator, the Communications Commission (NCC) has been ordered to cancel the recent WiMAX licenses and rerun the tender process. The decision came from the President's office following several months of controversy over how the licenses were awarded. more
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Zain Nigeria CEO Calls for Lighter Regulations
The CEO of Zain Nigeria has urged the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to relax the regulatory obligations of operators to enable the industry take full advantage of the growth opportunities in the country's burgeoning telecommunications market. more
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Gambia to model information technology on Nigerian design
APA-Lagos (Nigeria) The Gambian government will like to build its communications sector using the Nigerian model, Gambian Minister for Communications, Fatim Badjie Janneh, has said in the capital Abuja. more
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Stolen Handsets Could Be Blocked Throughout West Africa
APA - Lagos (Nigeria) The National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS) Tuesday said that it would soon introduce an anti-theft device that will render any stolen telephone handset unusable within the West African sub-region. more
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Nigerian Operator Starts Compensation Payments
Nigerian operator, Celtel has started a phased process of offering compensation to its subscribers following a ruling from the telecoms regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The operator was ordered to offer free airtime worth N175 (US$1.50) to each subscriber due to problems with network reliability. For comparison, according to The Mobile World, the monthly ARPU is US$10 - so the compensation equates to some 15% of the average monthly spend. more
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Nigerian Operator Subscriber Base Slumps Following Recount
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently began releasing information on the number of active subscribers in Nigeria, and as a result we have adjusted the figures in The Mobile World Database to give a more accurate depiction of the market. This was a crucial revision, not least because the NCC reported a rapid rise in the inactivity level in the final quarter of the year: from 15.9% at the end of Q3, it reached 26.9% at year-end. more
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Telecoms Regulatory Conference Debates Infrastructure Sharing
The Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR) closed today, focusing on best practices in regulatory measures to foster and encourage sharing of infrastructure resources as a means of stimulating investment and growth in the ICT sector. more
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HSDPA Launched in Nigeria's Lagos District
Nigeria's Glo Mobile (Globacom) has expanded its HSDPA coverage to include the Lagos area following approval from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). more
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Nigerian Operators Banned from Promotional Adverts
Nigeria's telecoms regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has imposed a blanket ban on all the GSM network operators banning them from adverts which rely on promotional tools to attract new customers. more
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