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The NCC has launched an automated system requiring all SIM-enabled communications devices entering Nigeria to be registered and authenticated before they can be sold or connected to local mobile networks.

Nigeria’s airtime credit market is worth hundreds of billions of naira, with millions of users depending on “borrow airtime” services when they run out of credit. A Federal High Court ruling has now clarified who regulates what in...

June 16, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), in collaboration with consulting firm KPMG, has commenced a comprehensive review of telecommunications interconnection pricing, marking the sector’s first major tariff reassessment in almost eight years. The exercise, launched at a...

May 17, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it has noted recent public concerns regarding the quality of telecommunications services in parts of the country. In a statement signed by its Head, Public Affairs, Nnenna Ukoha, the...

April 30, (THEWILL) — Four months after the expiration of Nigeria’s National Broadband Plan (NNBP) 2020–2025, telecom operators are intensifying calls for a new and more effective policy framework to guide the country’s digital future. Industry stakeholders say Nigeria...

April 21, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that both organisations said would safeguard consumers against fraud while opening opportunities for them to...

March 29, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has ushered in a new accountability era in Nigeria’s telecommunications sector, directing Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to compensate subscribers for poor network service, a landmark consumer protection move designed to...

March 03, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has proposed a mandatory 14-day notice period for telecommunications operators before deactivating subscribers’ SIM cards over inactivity or post-paid churn, as part of sweeping regulatory reforms aimed at strengthening...

February 09, (THEWILL) — Nigeria has introduced new rules that require failed airtime and data purchases to be reversed or refunded within 30 seconds. This is in the course of tightening consumer protection in its telecoms and digital payments...

February 09, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reaffirmed its commitment to deepening collaboration and advancing digital integration among telecommunications regulators across the West African sub-region. The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the NCC, Dr Aminu Maida, restated...