NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Archives

In Pursuit Of 70% Broadband Penetration

Global UpfrontMar 19, 2025March 19, 20250

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore Despite the rising depletion of data used by subscribers, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says there is nothing to worry about. It

Inadequate Power Supplies For Telecom Services And Others

Global UpfrontFeb 12, 2025February 12, 20250

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore By Wednesday December 11, 2024 the National electricity grid had recorded 12 collapses within the year, thus accounting for an average of

Playing Games With Telecom Tariff Hikes

Global UpfrontJan 22, 2025January 22, 20250

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore In what sounded like a death knell or an epilogue as we know it in literature, the Association of Licenced Telecoms Operators

NCC Finally Approves 50% Tariff Raise For Glo, MTN, Airtel, Others

Global UpfrontJan 20, 2025January 20, 20250

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved the request of telecommunications companies to raise tariff, capping it “at a maximum of 50 per cent of

Nigeria: NCC, Starlink Tariff Feud Rattles Telecom Industry

Global UpfrontOct 16, 2024October 16, 20240

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore An imminent feud is underway between telecommunications regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on one hand and Starlink and Mobile Network Operators (

Nigeria: Botched 5G Services And The Wi-Fi 6 Gamble

Global UpfrontOct 9, 2024October 9, 20240

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore When fully implemented, Fifth Generation (5G) technology and services will transform the telecommunications landscape in Nigeria like nothing else before it, Isa

Before Load Shedding By Telecoms Operators Begins

Global UpfrontSep 4, 2024September 4, 20240

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore Nigerians are commonly used to electricity power load shedding which strategically reduces or cuts off electricity supply to different consumers or areas

A Minister’s Tempest And Telecoms Survival

Global UpfrontAug 21, 2024August 21, 20240

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore The new “National Digital Economy and E-Government bill “ maybe an albatross described in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient

Broadband Penetration And Internet Connectivity

Global UpfrontJul 17, 2024July 17, 20240

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore When it initiated National Broadband Plan (NBP) for 2020-2025, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) had a modest projection of 70% penetration by

Like CDMA to GSM, ISPs May Bow To Elon Musk’s Starlink

Global UpfrontJun 5, 2024June 5, 20240

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore Apart from telecommunications companies (telcos) who provide ubiquitous internet services today, only few conventional Internet Service Providers (ISPs) offer pockets of a