Articles tagged with: Nigerian Communications Commission and Celtel

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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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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