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...Urges consumers against patronage
Ilorin, the Capital of Kwara State, on Thursday, played host to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), where officials of the Commission educated and sufficiently sensitised the consumers in the State to the dangers of counterfeit/substandard telecom devices in the country.
At the "Stakeholders Sensitisation on Hazardous Effects of Non-Type Approved Handsets: Impacts on Quality of Service and E-Waste" held inside the Conference Room of the Federal Government Secretariat, Fate Road, Ilorin, the Commission took time to address all the questions raised by the consumers relating to poor services, misconceptions on electromagnetic radiation from base transceiver stations (BTS), 4G/5G networks, among others.
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The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta today visited the Hon. Minister of Communications, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami, to brief the Minister on the Commission's activities
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Conscious of the pivotal role pervasive broadband penetration will play in actualizing deployment of Internet of Things (IoT) devices ad Smart Services in any economy, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has developed a framework to facilitate the deployment of broadband infrastructure in the country.
The Executive Vice Chairman (ECV/CEO) of the NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, dropped the hint yesterday at the opening session of the First Digital Africa Week organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and hosted by the NCC in Abuja.
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...As ITU’s 1st Digital African Week kicks off in Abuja
The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive, NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said the NCC has approved dedicated spectrum for trial deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) services in the country.
Danbatta disclosed this in an opening remarks at the 1st Digital African Week organised by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) being hosted by the Commission at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.
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The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) will today begin a four-day 1st Digital African Week Conference in Abuja.
Hosted by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the event which holds in the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja is expected to bring together leading Specialists in the field, from top policy-makers to engineers, designers, smart city planners, government officials, regulators, standards experts, the academia among others.
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