The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), projected revenue from the take-off the proposed 5G spectrum network may amount to a whooping N500 billion naira from the auction, when the bidding takes off later this year. This princely sum would also make the NCC one of the biggest revenue earning agency of […]
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…As Danbatta leads delegation on a courtesy visit. Following approval of the National Policy on Fifth Generation (5G) technology deployment in Nigeria by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday, the Hon. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has urged the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) […]
The House of Senate in a recent development have asked that the Nigerian Communications Commission take advantage of the National Policy for Fifth Generation network, to generate N350bn for the Federal Government in the 2022 fiscal year. This was implemented by the Senate joint committees working on the 2022-2024 Medium […]
The Federal Government has approved the deployment of the Fifth Generation Network, otherwise called 5G in Nigeria. The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) announced the approval after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, September 8, 2021.Following the approval, the […]
As part of Federal Government’s commitment to actualise a digitally literate citizenry and facilitate a stable digital economy, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), flagged off training of 6624 Nigerians through its Digital States Initiative in commemoration of International Literacy Day. The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, […]
By Prof. Chidi Emmanuel Akujor Book Title: Catalysing Nigeria’s Socio-Economic Transformation through broadband infrastructure Author: Prof Umar Danbatta Book Reviewer: Prof. Chidi Emmanuel Akujor, FAS, FRAS (UK), FNIP, FSESN, FRAES, FASN Introduction This is a book that has a total of 531 pages including 27 preliminary pages. It is well organized in […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission says all Foreigners exempted from enrolling for the National Identity Number will have to request for Subscriber Identity Module activation every six months up to a period of two years. This was disclosed in its new draft for ‘Business Rules and Operational Processes for Implementation of […]
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Professor Umar Danbatta has listed the benefits of NCC Strategic Vision (Implementation) Plan (SVP) 2021-2025, including the facilitation of broadband penetration, improvement in the quality of service, attracting ICT investments, promoting fair competition as well as strategic collaboration and partnerships […]
The telecommunications Giant,MTN Nigeria has announced the renewal of its Unified Access Service (UAS) and Spectrum for wireless local loop 900MHz and 1800MHz band licences by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC. The news of the renewal is contained in a notice by MTN Nigeria signed by the Company Secretary, Mrs […]