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20/01/2025

Finally, NCC approves 50% telecoms tariff increase in Nigeria

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has this evening announced a 50% increase in telecoms tariff in the country, finally putting paid to the allegations for price review by telecoms operators.

"The adjustment, capped at a maximum of 50 per cent of current tariffs, though lower than the over 100 per cent requested by some network operators, was arrived at taking into account ongoing industry reforms that will positively influence sustainability,"NCC says in a statement just made available to *_Technology Times._*

More details soon on this developing story on www.technologytimes.ng

20/01/2025

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) says it has distributed ₦1.424 trillion across the three tiers of government in December 2024, with Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL) accounting for ₦31.211 billion of government revenue.

Read full Technology Times article here: https://rb.gy/v29bxm

14/01/2025

Nigeria telecoms market earnings cross ₦5 trillion mark in 2023

The number of active subscribers in Nigeria also increased from 222,571,568 subscriptions in 2022 to 224,713,710 active voice subscriptions in market led by MTN Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria, Glo World and 9mobileng as at December 2023, according to the insights gleaned by Technology Times from the “2023 Subscriber/Network Performance Report” released on Monday by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).

Read the full Technology Times here https://shorturl.at/8mehP

12/01/2025

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Nigeria says that the new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Academy established to empower Nigerian youths for free with cutting edge technology skills will also prepare them for the future of work.

Read full article on Technology Times here: https://shorter.me/g05dK

06/01/2025

9Mobile CEO pitches ‘market-reflective’ telecoms tariffs in Nigeria

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Obafemi Banigbe, CEO of 9mobileng, seen in the photo above, has lent his voice to calls for price adjustments for telecoms services, pitching the introduction of “market-reflective” tariffs to sustain the growth of the Nigerian telecoms industry with players like MTN Nigeria Glo World and Airtel Nigeria.

Read the Technology Times article here: https://tinyurl.com/3y87r725

31/12/2024

NCC plots coverage map for Nigerians to pick ‘best phone network’

The Nigerian telecoms regulator says it will unveil a nationwide coverage map by 2025, that will assist phone subscribers to pick the best performing phone network in their vicinity, after linking all SIM and NIN in the country.

Read the Technology Times article here: https://rb.gy/8ixyoz

09/12/2024

: IXP Nigeria CEO, Muhammed Rudman, speaks with Technology Times on the huge leap of over 60% in domestication of in .

27/11/2024

Nigeria is starting a fresh licensing round to plug revenue leakages by local mobile network operators (MNOs) and cartels allegedly involved in independently monetising international SMS (short messaging service) and paying for traffic to “foreign entities” obscured from the industry regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says here: https://t.ly/kkuhU

13/11/2024

Technology Times Think Week 2024 is here.

29/10/2024

Glo World has been hit by an unprecedented loss of over 43 million subscribers representing a quantum 69.20% of its customer base, according to official telecoms market information for Q3 2024 reviewed by Technology Times here: https://rb.gy/0yic09

09/10/2024

| Business Goalkeepers Summit 2025 | | January 23 ~ 26, 2025 | Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria.

06/10/2024

06/09/2024

NATCOMS: WHY NIGERIANS MUST ACCEPT 10% TELECOMS TARIFF INCREASE

CHIEF ADEOLU OGUNBANJO, President, National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS), speaks exclusively with Technology Times on why Nigerian subscribers have to accept its proposed 10% rate increase, and sundry topical issues.

Watch the full interview here: https://t.ly/PAV1D

05/09/2024

: HOW GLO ‘STOLE’ TELECOMS MARKET SHARE IN NIGERIA

In this trailer to an upcoming tell-all exclusive interview with Technology Times MR ONYEKACHI NWOSU, who was Group General Manager, Marketing Communications at Glo, provides rare insider insights into the late entrant strategies used 21 years ago to win market share for the mobile unit of Glo World, the second national operator (SNO) in .

Watch video here: https://t.ly/zXV76

03/09/2024

TT Exclusive: Airtel Nigeria Telesonic acquires three telecoms licences in Nigeria

Airtel Nigeria Telesonic Limited, a fibre service unit of the number two mobile network operator (MNO), Airtel Nigeria, has been granted three telecoms licences, Technology Times can confirm.

Read the full Technology Times exclusive article here: https://technologytimes.ng/airtel-nigeria-telesonic-gets-3-telecoms-licences/

26/08/2024

DBI: PRESIDENT TINUBU SHOULD NOT APPOINT ‘A PRINCIPAL’

ENGR. T**I OMO-ETTU, former Chairman, Governing Board, Digital Bridge Institute (DBI) speaks exclusively with Technology Times on his controversial resignation from the ICT training and innovation hub established by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), among other matters here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eFccmrw_4Q

24/08/2024

Critical National Information Infrastructure: Tinubu orders NSA to secure 13 key sectors including banking, ICT tech assets*

President Bola Tinubu has directed Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser (NSA), to provide security protection for 13 designated critical sectors and several other sub sectors of the Nigerian economy following the gazetting of a presidential order on Critical National Information Infrastructure (CNII).

Read the full article on Technology Times here:

President Bola Tinubu has directed Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser (NSA), to provide security protection for 13 designated critical sectors and several other sub sectors of the Nigerian economy following the gazetting of a presidential order on Critical National Information Infrast...

22/08/2024

COVID-19 PANDEMIC: AN ENTREPRENEUR'S LESSONS

MRS RENEE AGANMWONYI, MD, Trust Island Global International Limited, a major phone dealership in Ikeja Computer Village, shares experience of switching to online trading to keep businesses running at Nigeria’s largest market during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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