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  • Ikpoki named first Nigerian MTN CEO

    Michael Ikpoki, currently the CEO of MTN Ghana has been named as the new Chief Executive Officer of MTN Nigeria. Ikpoki replaces Brett Goschen, who took on the role of MTN Group Chief Financial Officer and Executive...

    • Posted July 24, 2013
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  • Cable operators accuse NCC of rip-off

    LOCAL investors have accused the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, of colluding with foreign broadcast outfits to rip-off the Nigerian economy by not providing a level playing ground between local and foreign competitors. The local investors under the...

    • Posted June 8, 2013
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  • Scandal rocks mobile number portability

    There were indications at the weekend that the newly introduced, 20-day old Mobile Number Portability, MNP, may have run into a scandalous hitch owing to some alleged sharp practices on the part of one of the major...

    • Posted May 12, 2013
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  • Airtel declares readiness for number portability

    Lagos – Telecommunications Services provider, Airtel Nigeria has declared its readiness to absorb the influx of requests from consumers who wish to port to its network as the long anticipated Mobile Number Portability (MNP) for GSM operators...

    • Posted April 21, 2013
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  • NCC lifts ban on promotions on Airtel, Globacom, Etisalat

    The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has lifted the ban placed on promotions on Airtel, Globacom and Etisalat networks, Mr Tony Ojobo, the NCC Director of Public Affairs, has said. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

    • Posted April 12, 2013
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  • MTN assures subscribers of its readiness for number porting

    Ahead of the planned commencement of mobile number portability (MNP) in Nigeria, as stated by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), MTN Nigeria has again expressed its readiness to implement number porting in consonance with the policy of...

    • Posted April 11, 2013
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  • “Why we are sanctioning telecoms operators” – NCC

    Sanctions are to help telecoms operators in becoming more productive, former NCC board chairman Mr Oluwale Ige has said. He said sanctions and fines in the industry will help telecoms operators to be more responsive and pro-active...

    • Posted March 24, 2013
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  • NCC says telecommunication investment has hit $25billion

    Investment in the telecommunication industry is in the region of $25billion, the Nigerian Communications Commission said at the weekend. The NCC DG Dr. Eugene Juwah, added that there are over 113million telephone lines, compared with about 450,000...

    • Posted March 18, 2013
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  • NCC to launch Mobile Number Portability service March 25

    The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said on Saturday it would launch the much- awaited Mobile Number Portability (MNP) service on March 25. Head, Media and Public Relations of the Commission Reuben Muoka, said that contrary to the...

    • Posted March 17, 2013
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  • Subscribers lose N31bn in drop calls to telecom operators

    On a rough estimate, Nigerian subscribers may have spent well over N31.02bn on dropped and unconnected calls since January last year, owing to poor quality of services from the telecom operators. Most networks in the country claim...

    • Posted February 4, 2013
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