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Telecom operators moots price review, says current rate unsustainable

Stakeholders within the telecommunications sector, have sounded a resounding alarm over the current pricing structure governing calls, short message service ...

FG directs the suspension of NIMC staff involved in extortion of NIN applicants, SIM. Social media accounts monitoring, FG completes 11 projects to drive Digital Economy, FG orders NIPOST to stop cash transactions , Pantami moves to ban automatic voicemail service by telcos , Why Nigeria’s Data woes may not end soon , Pantami reacts to CBN’s ATM fee cut, keeps mute on directive to cut data cost , Pantami condemns FIRS move to collect stamp duty, MTN, Airtel, others disregarding Pantami’s voicemail, data directives on all front , FG warns State governments against RoW charge increase, FG reiterates commitment towards implementing broadband strategy ,FG reiterates commitment to 75% broadband penetration in 5 years , Pantami tasks Youth on developing creative and entrepreneurial digital skills

MTN, Airtel, others disregard Pantami’s directives over voicemail, data cost

by Fakoyejo Olalekan

January 9, 2020

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Network providers have disregarded the directives of Isa Pantami on voicemail charges, illegal data deduction and data cost.

Banks are the biggest beneficiaries of USSD charges - Telcos reply Banks CEOs, Poor service: 19,977 subscribers lodge complaints against Telcos, Why telecoms poor services persist

Why telecoms poor services persist

by Abiola Odutola

November 26, 2019

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The alleged poor telecommunication services witnessed across Nigeria has been attributed to an investment gap of about N1.98 trillion in the ...

Why Nigeria’s Data woes may not end soon

by Joseph Olaoluwa

November 21, 2019

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The NCC is yet to act on the directive given by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa ...

Multiple taxes scare investors, stifle economic growth, ALTON warns

by Abiola Odutola

November 16, 2019

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ALTON has called on FG to address the issue of multiple taxes which it described as irrelevant, as it stifles ...

Network operators accept government’s ‘shared facility arrangement’ that limits financial risk

by Fakoyejo Olalekan

November 14, 2019

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Telecommunications companies have expressed their willingness to operate a shared facility proposed by the Federal Government.

Nigeria Customs Service shuts 272 car marts over smuggled car sales , Automobile dealers, Customs at loggerheads over vehicle smuggling, import duty , January 2020 is no terminal date; Borders will remain shut after then - Customs , FG bans fuel supply to border petrol stations, order threatens businesses, jobs, Ban on fuel distribution to border filling station begins to affect network providers , Nigeria Customs Service wants FG to impose this tax on petrol importers , Experts lament rising inflation over border closure, Closure of border petrol stations lowers fuel consumption by 30% - Customs Boss , Customs redeploys officers in charge of anti-smuggling at border , Nigerian customs records N1.3tr revenue in 2019, exceeds target by N404bn , Customs denies spending N1.6 billion on recruitment exercise alone, Customs officers must declare their assets annually – Customs boss, Nigerian Customs move to go digital in 2022

Ban on fuel distribution to border filling station begins to affect network providers

by Fakoyejo Olalekan

November 11, 2019

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Buhari's decision to stop distribution of fuel to filling stations close to the borders is beginning to affect businesses in ...

Telcos seek engagement from NCC, CBN on USSD dispute

by Chidinma Nwagbara

October 25, 2019

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ALTON has called on the NCC and CBN to summon financial and telecoms industry stakeholders for a meeting as regards ...

Banks are the biggest beneficiaries of USSD charges – Telcos reply Banks CEOs

by Chidinma Nwagbara

October 23, 2019

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Teleco companies have come out to respond to the Body of Banks’ Chief Executive Officers saying that banks were the biggest beneficiaries of the USSD charges.