Telcos

April 27, (THEWILL) — Nigeria’s telecommunications giants are steadily losing control of the lucrative N400 billion airtime lending market, as five agile financial technology firms tighten their grip on the fast-growing segment. Once dominated by telecom operators, the...

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 13, (THEWILL) — Nigeria’s telecommunications operators are increasingly expanding into financial services, but their ambitions to dominate the fintech space are meeting the realities of a highly competitive and tightly regulated market. Over the past few years, major telecom...

January 30, (THEWILL) — Nigeria’s telecommunications operators are set to invest about ₦1.4 trillion in network expansion and infrastructure upgrades, as the sector responds to rising demand for data services and improved connectivity across the country, according to the...

June 04, (THEWILL) – Telecommunications operators in Nigeria, including MTN, Airtel, Globacom, and 9mobile, have threatened to withdraw network support for banks’ Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) services, accusing the banks of misleading customers over the billing process and...

February 04, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have set up a joint committee to review the 50 percent tariff hike for telecommunication companies by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). This was part of...

January 08, (THEWILL) – The federal government has approved the demand for tariff hike by Nigerian telecommunication companies. The Telcos had sought the approval of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for a 100 percent tariff increase. Rising from a stakeholders’ meeting...

July 29, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed telecom operators to reactivate all lines that were disconnected over the weekend in view of the short time available for consumers to undertake the verification of their NINs...

July 29, (THEWILL) - The Association of Licenced Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has debunked reports linking the ongoing subscriber lines’ barring exercise by Telecommunication companies with the planned national protest. THEWILL reports that a planned demonstration, tagged #EndBadGovernance, has...

April 26, (THEWILL) - Telecoms operators in Nigeria have called for cost-reflective tariff in view of extant economic realities. The appeal is subsequent to earlier request by the Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), for the...