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The Nigerian Communications Commission hosted a Stakeholders Forum on Financial Fraud using Telecoms Platforms on 29th January, 2019 at the Niger/ Plateau Meeting room. Transcorp Hilton-Abuja
This event was organized as a response to the inundated public complaints on the unceasing cases of Financial Fraud via the use of Telecom Platforms and is poised at seeking initiatives aimed at creating greater awareness on the issue as well as creating ways of addressing these challenges.
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The Nigerian Communications Commission’s Fifth Roundtable Forum with Academia, Telecom Industry and other Stakeholders in the North Central is holding at Doko Hotel Minna in Niger State on 23rd and 24th January 2019.
The forum is expected to improve collaboration among the Commission, academia, telecom industry players and other stakeholders to accelerate innovation, industrial growth and sustainable development in the Nigerian telecoms industry.
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That broadband is now globally acclaimed as the major index of development in all aspects of human life is not an exaggeration. According to the ITU-UNESCO Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development it is he nervous system of today’s civilization, and its access is a top priority for our technology driven society. There is no gainsaying, therefore, the aspiration of many nations today is to deploy available human and material resources to attain broadband success.
By Yakubu Musa, Special Assistant (Media) to EVC-NCC.
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has assured the general public that none of the over 160million telecoms subscribers in Nigeria will be disconnected or suffer service disruptions as a result of its recent order to permit the disconnection of indebted operators from other operators’ networks.
This assurance was given in Abuja earlier today by the NCC’s Executive Commissioner for Stakeholder Management Mr. Sunday Dare.
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As a consumer-centric regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission has noted with great displeasure the unacceptably high level of consumer complaints in respect of forceful subscriptions to Value-Added Services (VAS), as well as airtime deductions for these subscriptions.
The Commission mandated several initiatives to tackle the menace.These include the institution of a comprehensive investigation and resolution process, the Do-not-Disturb (DND) facility, and the imposition of sanctions for breach.
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