Surfline, which prides itself as Ghana’s first 4G LTE company that offers fast and reliable internet services, has been hit by serious financial difficulties customers in limbo. Consequently, the company has shut down its data centre. Prior to that, the company, which aggressively hit the market with exclusive services and product offerings, also shut down […]
The declaration of MTN Ghana as a Significant Market Power (SMP) in the country’s telecommunications sector has resulted in an asymmetric savings of GH¢86.6 million for the smaller Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in the last two years. The SMP was meant, among many other things, to set a level playing field and limit the ability […]
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has granted a conditional approval for the transfer of the 70 per cent majority shares in Vodafone Ghana to Telecel Group. This is subject to concessions made by Vodafone and representations made by Telecel to the NCA. It is still pursuant to the evaluation of the revised proposal from the […]
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has inaugurated a national Broadcasting Monitoring Centre (BMC) to help measure transmission parameters of frequency modulation (FM) and television (TV) in the country. Already in operation at the NCA Tower in Accra, the centre will also enable the NCA to secure proof of deviations for enforcement of authorisation conditions and […]
The High Court, Accra, has quashed the decision of the National Communications Authority (NCA) to introduce conditional access for free-to-air (FTA) television. That followed an application filed by the Ghana Independent Broadcasters’ Association (GIBA), which sought to quash NCA’s decision on grounds that the introduction of the conditional access system will block the content of […]
The National Identification Authority (NIA) says about 800,000 Ghana cards are yet to be picked up by the owners from NIA’s regional and district offices across the country. According to the NIA the non-collection of printed cards is creating storage challenges for them. “Our immediate challenge has to do with cards that have been printed […]
Foreigners living in Ghana or who intend to be in the country for more than 90 days are required to register their SIM cards for their mobile phones to be able to keep their numbers. As mandated by the National Communications Authority (NCA), such foreigners also have up to March 31, 2022 to have their […]
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has rejected claims that it is interfering with broadcasting and internet services in the country. In a statement issued by the Authority and sighted by JoyNews, the public was urged to disregard any allegations made to that effect. The statement comes on the back of media reportage attributed to the […]
A member of the opposition NDC party legal team, Lawyer Abraham Amaliba says the sentencing of former D-G of the National Communications Authority (NCA), William Tetteh Tevie, and ex Board Chairman, Eugene Baffoe-Bonnie makes it a difficult time to be a member of the party. According to him, though the party is hard hit by […]
The law on Causing Financial Loss to the State, according to those who initiated it, was never meant to be used against offenders. This is because it could retard initiative and render people overly cautious in not taking financial risk, regardless of how pious their intentions may be. However, in the NCA case, it is […]
Three former members of the board of the National Communications Authority (NCA) have been given prison sentences of a total of 16 years for their roles in the “clandestine” purchase of cybersecurity equipment worth over $4 million. A former board chair of the NCA, Eugene Baffoe-Bonnie was sentenced to six years imprisonment. William Tetteh Tevie, […]
Telecoms industry regulator, National Communications Authority (NCA), has given MTN 24 hours to provide full explanation of the causes of the challenges MTN customers faced between December 1 and 2, 2019. The authority is also demanding a full report on the remedies put in place and measure to prevent a recurrence. Over the two days […]
