By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – As the campaigns and build-up to the 2023 general elections thicken, the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has said that the media holds the ace in making a difference in promoting credible elections in Nigeria. Danbatta...
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By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The proposed auction of two lots in the 3.5GHz Spectrum for the deployment of 5G services, set to take place in December 2022, is gathering steam and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has concluded arraignments to host an engagement session with stakeholders to discuss...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Following the constant introduction of malicious apps into Google Play Store, the Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has advised against the installation of apps from the offending publisher, the ‘Mobile Apps Group’, whose products were discovered to contain Trojans and...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has inaugurated an industry-wide committee to facilitate the deployment of broadband infrastructure under a project named, National Communications Backbone (NCB). Chaired by NCC’s Director of Digital Economy, Dr. Augustine Nwaulune, with Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), Infrastructure Companies (InfraCos), and...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it would not relent in the promotion of latest and emerging technologies to energize business and the sector in Nigeria for the benefit of the country and its citizens. The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of NCC, Prof...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reaffirmed its commitment to collaborating with other government agencies towards supporting Federal Government’s anti-corruption campaigns. The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, stated this while hosting a delegation from the Public...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Gambian Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Ousman Bah, at the weekend in Abuja, said Nigeria’s giant strides in telecom regulation are the reason that the nation’s telecoms development has become a reference point. Bah, who led a Gambian delegation, including industry regulators...
The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has reassured the public that the new Fifth Generation network popularly known as 5G has no negative health effects. The Enugu Zonal Controller of the NCC, Mr Ogbonnaya Ugama, made the clarification in Enugu on Saturday at a round table with members of the...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – As Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently won double awards at the 2022 Tech Innovation Awards (TIA), the telecom regulator has promised to ensure it brings full benefits of the digital economy to Nigerians for the overall development of the country. At the 6th edition...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) at the weekend in Lagos, received a cybersecurity promotion award at the maiden edition of Cybersecurity Merit Awards hosted by the Cybersecurity Experts Association of Nigerian (CSEAN) which enumerated several steps taken by it to promote a safer Internet....
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has put up another two slots of spectrum in the 3.5GHz Spectrum band for auction before end of 2022, to boost deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) services in Nigeria. The NCC Director of Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka, announced this...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Thursday in Abuja, told a gathering designed for State Governors that the potentials of broadband are so enormous that if made available for their citizens, will be the best gift for their...
I arrived at GITEX 2022 in Dubai with the hope of waylaying Professor Ali Ibrahim Pantami for an exclusive interview on politics, alongside the challenges, excitements, disappointments, and accomplishments of his ever-inspiring exploits in public office, particularly since his appointment as the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy. Pantami...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications (NCC) has ordered the reversal of the implementation of the newly approved 10% hike in tariff for voice and data services. This is according to a statement issued by The NCC Director of Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka on Wednesday in Abuja....
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – All Nigerian State Governors are set to discuss how to empower the citizens with latest telecoms technologies as they partake in the maiden edition of Broadband Technical Awareness Forum for Governors (BTAF), put together by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and slated for Thursday...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has discovered, through social listening and environmental surveillance that a fraudulent letter, titled: “Certificate of Site Ownership”, for clearance of “Mast Transmission Antenna”, are being circulated by some unidentifiable individuals, and purporting that the letter was issued by the NCC....
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has said telecom infrastructure is very critical to successful 2023 elections, therefore, every Nigerian should join hands in protecting it for the benefit of the country. Prof. Danbatta made the call...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has sensitised consumers on telecom services and reassured of the full commercial launch of Fifth Generation (5G) in Nigeria. The commission made this known at the ‘NCC Day’, held at the 17th Abuja International Trade Fair, Convention Centre, on Tuesday. The News Agency of...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has advised users of videotelephony platform, Zoom, to install the latest update of the software from its publisher’s official website following the discovery of vulnerabilities that allows a remote attacker to exploit the app....
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Danbatta, has said that the level of awareness of the potentials of telecommunications products and services is a credit to the media industry which has partnered with the Commission in the regulatory...