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As part of measures to improve security in the country, all telephone lines which Subscriber Identification Modules (SIM) not linked to National Identity Numbers (NIN) have been partially deactivated. The deactivation order took effect yesterday following President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive...

Nigeria has moved a step ahead in the bid to deploy the Fifth Generation (5G) technology in the country. This came as the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) inaugurated a committee to develop the Information Memorandum (IM) for the auction of 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum band which will...

Telecommunication companies have lost 19.20 million subscribers since the Federal Government began the linking of National Identity Number with SIM cards, according to new industry statistics released by the Nigerian Communications Commission on Tuesday. The subscriber base fell from...

The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has suspended access to Twitter. A statement jointly signed by ALTON chairman, Engr. Gbenga Adebayo and executive secretary, Gbolahan Awonuga, and released this morning June 5, stated that the suspension was based on...

The Nigerian Communications Commission has said Nigerians will have to submit the International Mobile Equipment Identity of their phones to it from July. The regulatory body said this in the commission’s Revised National Identity Policy for SIM Card Registration. The NCC’s move to start the...

As part of new security measures in the country, especially crimes associated with mobile phones, the Federal Government has put in place a new policy to tackle phone theft crimes in the country. Tagged Device Management System (DMS), which will be managed by the Nigerian Communications...