Tag: NCC

  • ’25m Nigerians Unconnected To Telecoms Services’

    ’25m Nigerians Unconnected To Telecoms Services’

    The Nigerian Communications Commission has said 25 million, out of the 200 million Nigerians, are still not connected to telecoms services. This is coming about 20 years after the liberalisation of the telecoms sector. The NCC said it has brought down the figure of underserved and unserved from 217 access gap clusters to 114. The…

  • Telcos Lose Three Million Subscribers In April

    Telcos Lose Three Million Subscribers In April

    Telecommunication companies in Nigeria have lost more than three million subscribers in the month of April 2021. This is according to new industry statistics released by the Nigerian Communications Commission. Subscriber base fell from 192,413,613 in March to 188,705,734 in April.  Globacom was the biggest loser with about 2 million subscribers lost; MTN lost about…

  • [Fact Check] All You Need To Know About The New USSD Rates

    [Fact Check] All You Need To Know About The New USSD Rates

    By now, many bank customers in Nigeria may have received the email or text from their banks notifying them of the charge on every USSD transactions. John Akubuiro told TwentyTen that he got an email from Access Bank titled “Important Update on USSD Transactions”. The mail informed him that a fee of N6.98 would be…