•MTN mode code Telecommunications operators in Nigeria now have direct access to revenue generated from Unstructured Supplementary Service Data services, following a new billing arrangement approved by the Nigerian Communications Commission and the Central Bank of Nigeria. The new model, known as the End-User Billing framework, allows MTN, Air...
The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) is planning to encourage geo-political regions that grant zero charges for ‘Right of Way’ approvals as well as not implementing arbitrary charges on telecommunications base stations in their regions with zero tariff. ALTON chairman, Engr. Gbenga Adebayo, disclosed agai...
•Nigerian banks The Nigerian Communications Commission and telecommunications companies have ruled out any extension to the deadline for banks to settle their Unstructured Supplementary Service Data debts. This decision leaves defaulting lenders scrambling to meet the deadline by the close of business yesterday, reports The PUNCH. Initially, n...
Following a backlog of unpaid debts, the Nigerian Communications Commission has authorised telecommunications companies to disconnect the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data codes assigned to nine financial institutions. The directive signed by NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka yesterday and obtained by our correspondent, note...
Nigerians may soon experience an increase in calls, data plans and SMS charges from early 2025 as there are indications that the federal government may give a nod to the persistent calls for tariff review. It was learnt that the tariff was last reviewed 11 years ago while telecom operators have continued to intensify their […]
•Banks The Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigerian Communications Commission have issued a final directive to Deposit Money Banks and Mobile Network Operators to resolve the protracted N250bn Unstructured Supplementary Service Data debt dispute. CBN and NCC are both regulatory agencies of the federal government, reports The PUNCH. The directi...
Telecom operators in Nigeria have begun to implement load shedding in response to the Nigerian CommunicaÂtions Commission’s (NCC) reluctance to address their demands for a tariff hike. Load shedding is a deliberate shutÂdown of telecom services in a part or parts, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains th...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed telecommunications operators to simplify their tariff plans, bundles, and promotional activities. The NCC said the development would provide clear, easy-to-understand, and accurate information about the cost of voice, short messaging service (SMS), and data services to subscribers, repo...
Nigerian telecom providers have attributed the country’s recent internet disruptions to cable cuts by hoodlums during the #EndBadGovernance protests. This explanation comes after accusations from various organisations that some network providers deliberately interfered with the network to restrict coverage of the demonstrations. Speaking on be...
•SIM cards Telecommunication companies in Nigeria have commenced the final phase of disconnecting Subscriber Identity Module numbers (telephone lines) not linked to National Identification Numbers. Two senior officials from the telcos who were not in a position to speak publicly on the matter confirmed this development to our correspondent. Th...
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