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The NCC, in its 2021 Subscriber/Network Data Annual Report has disclosed that Nigeria's telecom subscribers consumed 350,165 terabytes of data in 2021.
Operators must continue to invest in new infrastructures and capabilities, think more innovatively, identify and design novel business models.
The Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC has highlighted the reasons Nigerian telecom subscribers continue to experience poor quality of service
Enrolments for the Biometric Verification Number (BVN) by bank account owners in the country rose to 54.7 million as of May 29, 2022.
The NCC has said that e-commerce platforms and fintech in Nigeria would benefit immensely from 5G technology once deployed.
The NCC has revealed that a total of 107 million mobile lines connected to the GSM networks have become inactive as of March this year.
Telecommunications operators in the country expanded their broadband coverage to 2.5 million new users in March this year.
The NCC has warned that users of AVAST and AVG antivirus are now prone to cyber attacks due to vulnerability in the system used by the two protective solutions.
NCC has alerted members of the public of an ongoing cyber-vulnerability that allows a nearby hacker to wirelessly unlock and steal vehicles.
The committee comprises of six officials of NCC and eleven officials of FIRS.
The number of companies providing internet services in Nigeria has increased to 190 from 151 recorded early last year.
The telecoms industry has been financially impacted following the nation’s economic recession in 2020 and the effect of the ongoing Ukraine-Russia crisis