TECHNOLOGY

9mobile Commences NIN Registration In Selected Centres In Lagos, Abuja

Daily Dispatch February 8, 2021

9mobile, a telecommunication company, says it has commenced the National Identification Number (NIN) registration exercise in selected  experience centres in Lagos and Abuja. The telco in a statement  on Monday said that the development followed  Federal Government’s approval

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FG crashes data prices

Daily Dispatch December 10, 2020

The Federal government said on Thursday that the price of data has been reduced by more than 50 percent following a directive that the Nigerian Communications commission, NCC, should put in place measures to that effect. Accordingly, the price of data of 1GB has been reduced from 1000 naira to 487 naira beginning from last […]

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NCC remits N344bn to federation account in five years – Danbatta

Daily Dispatch October 29, 2020

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) remitted over 344 billion naira into the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) of the Federal Government in the last five years, The Nation learnt Thursday. Its Executive Vice Chairman, EVC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, said the remittance was beside the over 2.2 trillion naira contributed to the country’s GDP in the second […]

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NCC Grants MTN, 9mobile National Roaming Service Approval

Daily Dispatch October 25, 2020

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted approval to two mobile network operators (MNOs) to carry out a trial on National Roaming Service for a period of three months. It said the approval was from August 1- October 31, 2020. The two telecoms companies are Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN) Nigeria and the Emerging Markets Telecommunication […]

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Telegram launches video call service, eyes videoconferencing

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2020

Instant messaging app, Telegram, has launched a video call service as part of activities marking its seventh anniversary. In a blogpost, the company said the video feature was added in response to the need for face-to-face communication as the world goes virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “2020 highlighted the need for face-to-face communication, and […]

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USSD: Banks’ debt to telcos hit N17b

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2020

The total debt owed telecos through use of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) by deposit money banks (DMBs) has risen to N70billion, The Nation has learnt. The telecoms operators and banks had locked horns over which of them will deduct charges for transactions carried out through the USSD platform provided by telecom infrastructure. Speaking virtually […]