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By Ibrahim Olukotun Lagos. December 12, 2012:Eugene Juwah, Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) today in Lagos reiterated the telecoms regulator’s commitment towards ensuring good quality of service for telecom subscribers. He made the promise at the Telecoms Executives and Regulatory Forum 2012 of organised by the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria [...]
By Technology Times Staff Reporter Lagos. November 28, 2012: The Federal Government has sacked Bashir Gwandu, the ex-Executive Commissioner (Technical Services) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over several allegations including insubordination to the current leadership of the nation’s telecoms regulatory agency. The eventual ouster of Gwandu from NCC confirms Technology Times exclusive report of [...]
By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. November 6, 2012: Eugene Juwah, Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has appealed to all Nigerians to make it their collective responsibility to protect telecoms installations from vandalisation and theft in their communities in order to safeguard the nation’s communication infrastructure base. The telecoms regulator also wants the [...]
By Bunmi Adeniyi Lagos. November 5, 2012: A government-mandated directive that all phone subscribers be furnished with billing information immediately after each call has gone into effect this month, the nation’s telecoms regulator has said. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says the new directive requires all telecoms operators in the country to provide instant [...]
EUGENE JUWAH Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission The growth of the telecommunications sector in Nigeria and indeed in sub-sahara Africa in the last ten years has been impressive. In Nigeria for example, tele-density has risen from 0.44% (about 400 thousand active lines) in 2001 to 72% (just over 100 million active) in 2012. This [...]
By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. October 16, 20212: The Nigerian Communication Commission has defended the integrity of its licensing process in reaction to recent allegations that the nation’s telecoms umpire was involved in frequency spectrum racketeering in favour of some companies. NCC says it is giving its side of the story on the issue of [...]
By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. October 14, 2012: Bashir Gwandu, the Executive Commissioner (Technical Services) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) may be sanctioned by its Board of Commissioners over alleged misconduct, in a new twist to the row brewing at the nation’s telecoms regulatory agency. Technology Times learnt that Gwandu may be the [...]
By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. October 6, 2012: Ernest Ndukwe, the former Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has commended the role that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) journalists have played in the growth and development of the Nigerian telecoms sector in the past twelve years. Ndukwe, who is now Chairman, Open Media Group, [...]
By Technology Times Reporter Lagos. October 5, 2012: Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has denied a newspaper report of alleged frequency spectrum racketeering by the current leadership of the telecoms industry regulatory agency. Head, Media and Public Relations, NCC, Reuben Muoka denied that the current boss of regulatory agency has allegedly sold frequency slot belonging to the [...]
By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. September 7, 2012:Ghana says it has recorded more than 370,000 lines switch across networks in the first year of operation of mobile number portability MNP) as Nigeria sets to launch the service that enables subscribers to change services providers without losing their unique numbers. National Communications Authority (NCA), the Ghanaian [...]
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