The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, over his recent victory at the 2019 presidential election. Danbatta, in a statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs of the Commission, Mr. Nnamdi Nwokike, extolled the virtues of the President, adding that the electoral victory […]
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The Nigerian Air Force, has said it would strengthen its strategic partnership with the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, in order to contain emerging 21st Century security challenges. The Chief of the Air Staff, CAS, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, who said this during a courtesy visit to the commission’s Executive Vice Chairman,Professor Umar Danbatta, in Abuja, […]
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The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has disclosed that about 40 million Nigerians are currently been deprived access to the internet due to over 200 access gaps recorded in the Information and Communication Technology industry. Speaking at the ongoing International Telecommunication Union, ITU, Annual Regional Human Capacity Building Workshop organized in conjunction with the Digital Bridge […]
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The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has said that MTN must list on Nigerian Stock Exchange on or before May 2019 as contained in the agreement over the 2015 fine settlement between it and the telecom company. Speaking in an interactive session with newsmen in his office […]
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The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Umar Danbatta, Thursday said the commission was worried that telecom companies, including the licensed Infrastructure Companies, InfraCos are not taking up the ₦3 billion annual subsidy funds it budgeted for those who would deploy services in the 200 access gap areas in the country. This […]
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Telecoms industry regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), said as a demonstration of its desire to encourage the development of innovation, it has given ₦50 million to members of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering (NAE) and various universities to promote Research and Development (R&D). Its Executive Vice-Chairman, Prof. Umar Danbatta, who spoke in Lagos at […]
Read More The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Nigerian Communication Commissions (NCC), Umar Danbatta, has said that economic development of the country can only be facilitated and accelerated by the presence of infrastructure. Danbatta said this in Lagos while speaking on the theme, ‘Infrastructure and Economic Growth: The Telecom Industry Experience’ at the Business Journal 10th Anniversary Lecture/Award. […]
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Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Office (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), is one public officer that believes in the rule of law. He has demonstrated this two years ago, when he put his feet down against all odds in defence of the NCC statute which he had […]
Read More The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has said that it is worried over the inability of internet users to utilize their leftover data after expiration date. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, who spoke during the NCC special day in the ongoing 2017 Port Harcourt International Trade Fair, noted that it was bad […]
Read More The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), at the weekend, revealed that only 10 million subscribers have activated the “do-not-disturb” code. According to the Commission, it plans to review the ‘Year of the Consumer campaign’ as it enters its ninth month. Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, disclosed that the […]
Read More Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Garba Danbatta, disclosed in Abuja, yesterday, that the telecoms sector contributed a whopping sum of ₦1.549 trillion to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the economy in the second quarter of 2017, representing 6.68 per cent increase from what was recorded in the first quarter […]
Read More Worried that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, which houses the three arms of the Federal Government, does not have the best of telecommunications infrastructure, the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, recently led a delegation on a courtesy visit to the FCT Minister, Muhammed Musa Bello, […]
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