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Nigeria’s telecoms regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has introduced new guidelines for National Identification Number (NIN) enrolment for foreigners residing in Nigeria. The NCC said in a public notice today that all persons in Nigeria, including foreigners who use mobile networks, are required to register their SIM cards and link them with the NIN database. According to the Commission, “Legally resident foreigners are to obtain a NIN by submitting valid resident/work permits at any NIMC Enrolment Centre. “Foreigners on tourist or visiting visas are to tender their international passports to acquire SIM cards for use during their stay in…

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami has described Broadband technology as not only a contributor to economic growth at several levels but supports the development of the digital economy, consequently improving the nation’s traditional economy. Pantami, who spoke on Thursday at a Virtual Structured Engagement with Key Stakeholders in the Nigerian Telecom & ICT Sector on the New National Broadband Plan 2020 – 2025 organised by the Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) stated further that Broadband enhances financial inclusion, security, education and is a key enabler for all the other sectors of the economy.…

National President of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Engr. Ikechukwu Nnamani has said that the development of a solid digital economy rests on the foundation of well-distributed broadband infrastructure and involves the convergence of all technology types and classes of service. The ATCON President spoke at a Virtual Structured Engagement with Key Stakeholders in the Nigerian Telecom & ICT Sector on the New National Broadband Plan 2020 – 2025 held on Thursday. Nnamani said the high-powered virtual event was put together to have a conversation around the New National Broadband Plan 2020-2025 with a view to ascertaining…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it has already commenced the consolidation of the set targets of the Nigerian National Broadband Plan (NNBP) 2020-2025 with the directive issued to Infraco licensees to commence the immediate roll-out of optic fibre cables (OFC) as contained in their license agreements to all the LGA headquarters in Nigeria. The NCC said that though it has done this by giving Infracos freehand to start from viable areas and gradually move to unviable areas while the expected counter-part funding from Government is being finalized, it is obvious that both government, the industry and other stakeholders need…

Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta has said that world civilisation and culture have been greatly impacted by the advancement in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and telecommunications. He said such impact has got to the extent that the way people socialize, carry out businesses, engage in learning and participate in other life endeavours have changed in unprecedented ways. Danbatta who stated these on Thursday in his goodwill message at the Quarterly Public Lecture of the National Institute For Cultural Orientation (NICO) held in Abuja said over the years, technology has revolutionized the…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have introduced a new fee for customers using the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) services. Effective Tuesday, March 16, 2021, USSD services for financial transactions conducted at Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and all CBN – licensed institutions will be charged at a flat fee of N6.98k per transaction. In a joint statement signed by Osita Nwasinobi, Head, Corporate Communications of the CBN and Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, Director, Public Affairs at the NCC, the decision to introduce the new price regime was taken at a meeting of key stakeholders…

Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta on Monday at a World Press Conference to mark the 2021 World Consumer Rights Day listed various ways the Commission has been protecting telecom consumers through its regulatory activities. Mandated by the Nigerian Communications Act of 2003 to protect the interest of the consumers, the Commission has religiously done this through subsidiary legislations, guidelines and directions that proactively address consumer concerns and stipulate responsibilities of all stakeholders. “The NCC had made declarations to curtail excesses of some operators and to expand the frontiers of freedom for the…

Danbatta assured telecom consumers across Nigeria that the Commission will not rest on its oars until the challenges of telecoms consumers have been reduced to the barest minimum.

Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta has said that the Commission has been actively involved in the actualisation of the Federal Government’s financial inclusion target of 20% exclusion or 80% inclusion by the year 2020.  However,  the EVC recalled that a recent report by EFInA, a financial sector development organisation, indicates that even though its data showed that more people have become financially included, the financial inclusion pace was, however, not matching the country’s population growth rate. Danbatta spoke as a guest lecturer at the 5th Annual ‘The Bullion Lecture’ organised by the…

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