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NCC has stepped up measures towards protecting the consumers in cases of fast data depletion and wrong deductions.
The 3G and 4G base transceiver stations deployed in Nigeria in the last 5 years increased from 30,000 to 53,460.
21 million telephone subscribers are still without NIN, telecommunication operators have revealed.
The NCC has insisted that the earlier announced deadlines for the integration of SIM with valid NIN still stand, as it awaits advice from the FG.
NCC has refuted claims on the impending mass disconnection of telephone subscribers over NIN.
NCC reports indicate that MTN leads other GSM operators in Nigeria with 83.3m telephony subscribers as of October 2020.
The FG has directed the NCC and the NIMC to remove the N20 USSD fee imposed on subscribers for NIN retrieval requests.
The House of Reps has called on NCC to extend by 10 weeks to enable subscribers to procure their NINs.
According to a report by NCC, the cost of data in November 2020 was less than 50% of the cost of data in January 2020.
Mobile Network Operators in the country have been instructed to halt the sale of SIM cards to allow for an audit of the SIM database.
From 2021, NCC shall strictly enforce all relevant copyright laws to protect authors from loss of revenues from their books.
Pantami has disclosed that there is no improperly registered SIM on any network in the country since 26th of September 2019 deactivation.