Commission cancels fees to unlock phones in Canada
By Femi SHODUNKE NIGERIA: APPARENTLY yielding to the cries of the consumers, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has cancelled payment to unlock phones. The directive takes effect from December 1, 2017, the CRTC, chaired by Jean-Pierre Blais, said in a new measure rolled out to revolutionize the telecommunications industry in Canada. The […]
$3.9 bn fine: MTN hires ex-US attorney general against Nigeria
NIGERIA: IN order to assuage the fine imposed on it by the Federal Government, the MTN Nigeria has engaged the legal services of the former US Attorney-General, Eric Holder. Holder, who served under President Barack Obama administration, will challenge President Muhammadu Buhari administration over the $9.3 billion it asked MTN to pay. The telecommunication […]
Buhari counsels MTN, Globacom, Etisalat, others on Nigeria’s security
NIGERIA: PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has urged telecommunication firms operating in Nigeria – among them MTN Nigeria, Globacom, Etisalat, Visafone and Airtel – not to place their desire for huge profits above the security needs of the country. Buhari, who made the appeal at an interactive forum with members of the Nigerian Community in Abu […]
MTN boss resigns over $5.2bn NCC’s fine
NIGERIA: THE Chief Executive of MTN Group Limited, Mr. Sifiso Dabengwa, has resigned. Though the company has not issue any official disclosure of the reason for the decision, but sources said it was in connection with the recent fine imposed on the company by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The commission had fined MTN […]
NCC fines four GSM operators N120m
NIGERIA: THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has wielded the big stick on four Global Systems for Mobile (GSM) Telecommunications operators – MTN Nigeria, Globacom, Airtel and Etisalat. The NCC has fined them N120.4 million over their contravention to obey the order to deactivate pre-registered and defective Subscribers Identification Module (SIM). While MTN Nigeria is to […]
