(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Telecommunications companies in Nigeria including MTN, Airtel, Glo and 9Mobile have started blocking access to the microblogging site, Twitter. The telcos said they received a directive from the Nigerian Communications Commission to block access to Twitter in the country following the suspension by the Federal Government on Friday. The Nigerian Twitterati woke […]
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Nigerians outraged, knock Buhari, Federal Government Suspension illegal, we’ll challenge it in court, say NBA, SERAP The Federal Government on Friday announced the indefinite suspension of the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture,
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The Nigerian Communications Commission has provided 382.94 million telephone numbers for the use of telecommunications operators.
According to a clarification from the NCC on Saturday, the 382.94 million telephone numbers is a total of all the telephone numbers allocated to telecom operators to date.
Some of the operators listed by NCC as beneficiaries included 21st Century Technologies, Airtel Networks, Big Picture Nigeria, Intercellular Nigeria Limited, EMTS Limited (9 Mobile), Globacom, iPNX Nigeria Limited and MTN Nigeria Communications.
The commission said the purpose of the National Numbering Plan was to set up a uniform numbering scheme and the associated dialling procedures to be used in the network to allow subscribers and operators to set up calls.
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The Nigerian Communications Commission has provided 382.94 million new telephone numbers for the use of telecommunications operators.
The commission assigned the numbers to 34 licensed telecom operators in the first quarter of 2021, as contained in the NCC’s Q1 2021 National Numbering Plan released on Friday.
The numbering plan is used to allocate a unique national number to each subscriber connected to the national telephone system.
According to the NCC, the purpose of the NNP is to set up a uniform numbering scheme and the associated dialling procedures to be used in the network to allow subscribers and operators to set up calls.