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In addition to sharing infrastructure, Maida also emphasized the need for partnerships between government, industry, and academia to drive innovation and development.
The founder and CEO of Paga, Tayo Oviosu, has said that telecommunications operators in Nigeria will have to crash the cost of data to accelerate financial inclusion in the country.
Telecommunication operator, Airtel Nigeria increased its share of the market to 29% to maintain its position as the second-largest network operator in the country.
According to the NCC data, a total of 9,000 subscribers ported from one network to another between January and March.
According to the operators, the telecom industry is the only industry that has not reviewed its prices despite the rising inflation in the country and other economic realities that warrant increment.
NCC's data shows that the total number of active mobile connections in the country stood at 219 million.
The increase came after the operators had lost over 6 million subscriptions in January due to the implementation of the NIN-SIM directive of the NCC
Data consumption in Nigeria was high in December due to increased activities during the festive period, which saw an increase to 713,200 terabytes, but this was still lower than the January record.
Nigeria has called for a coordinated and multilateral approach by the West African region to protect shared telecommunications infrastructure and diversify connectivity to ensure uninterruptible connections.
Active subscriptions for mobile services in Nigeria declined by over 6 million in January this year to 218 million as telecom operators enforced the regulator’s directive of banning SIMs not linked with NIN.
Some 43 companies aiming to provide telecommunications services in Nigeria through the Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) framework have spent a total of N8.6 billion to acquire the licences.
In the aftermath of recent undersea cable cuts, the Nigerian Communications Commission has said the telecom operators have restored data and voice services by up to 90%.