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Onitsha market in Anambra State, West Africa's largest market, this afternoon hosted staff of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) who came for general sensitization of the traders about telecommunication issues.
Ismail Adedigba, Head Information and Reference at NCC's Consumer Affairs Bureau, who represented the Director of the Bureau told the traders that this visitation and engagements speak to NCC's readiness to protect the telecom consumers wherever they may be located through information and education.
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- Johnson, Durojaiye, Danbatta, others call for concrete actions, support, partnership and collaboration
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The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo GCON, SAN, has said the Federal Government will continue to act forthrightly to contain the challenges bedevilling telecom services in Nigeria in order to ensure that any Nigerian yet to access affordable broadband services enjoys same sooner.
The Vice President stated this yesterday while presenting a speech as the Special Guest of Honour at the Nigerian Telecom Leadership Summit held at Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.
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PRESS RELEASE: NCC rejigs teledensity computation in line with rebased 190 million population figure
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…Puts March teledensity at 91%
…Says active subscribers increase to 173.7 million
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has clarified that it has recently re-aligned the computation of the country’s teledensity with the latest population figure of 190 million given by the National Population Commission (NPC), up from the 140 million population of 2006.
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) this afternoon endowed two professorial chairs in ICT focused and telecoms related research at Bayero University Kano (BUK) and the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO). The value of each endowment for the 2019-2020 academic session is Twenty Million Naira.
The NCC affirmed that this unprecedented development in the history of telecommunication in Africa is informed by the need to establish concrete linkages and deepen the relationship between the telecom industry and the academia in Nigeria; and to provide the missing integration and collaborative partnership required to galvanise qualitative research in telecommunications in Nigeria.
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All is now set for the maiden edition of Nigerian Telecom Leadership Summit (NTLS 2019) which will hold at the Grand Ball Room of Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos on Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The Summit’s theme: “Repositioning the Nigerian Telecom Industry for Future Challenges and Prospects”, according to the initiator – the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) – is in line with the Commission’s commitment to improving the investment climate of the Nigerian Telecom industry.
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