The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has disclosed that the failure of telecommunications companies to purchase 5G spectrum licences was largely responsible for its low revenue generation in 2024. The NCC’s Director of Financial Services, Yakubu Gontor, and its Chief Executive Officer/Executive Vice Chairman, Aminu Maida, revealed this during the 2025 budget defence before the National Assembly Joint Committee on Communications …

Total investments into the telecommunication sector rose to $75.6 billion as of the end of 2021, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has disclosed. According to him, this comprises foreign direct investment and local investment as of 2021. He stated this at an interactive session with stakeholders in the communications media ecosystem, in …

To unlock the full potential of the fifth generation (5G network), the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has urged Nigerians to prioritise the privacy of the consumers’ data and maintain its ethical use always. NCC gave the charge yesterday at the 2023 Nigeria DigitalSense Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) organised by an online publication, ITRealms with a theme: ‘Data …

MTN Nigeria Communications Plc launched its commercial 5G network in Lagos on Sunday with a promise to do the same in six other cities – Abuja, Port Harcourt, Ibadan, Kano, Owerri, and Maiduguri. The Lagos 5G commercial launch came on the heels of the network’s 5G pilot launch three weeks ago, as mandated by the telecoms industry regulator, the Nigerian Communications …

MTN Nigeria initiated a trial of its 5G technology in the country on Wednesday with seven cities targeted for a start when the services launch proper, the wireless operator said in a statement to the Nigerian Exchange. The pioneering feat comes more than eight months after the telecom firm and Mafab Communications Limited won a bidding for the two slots available …