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Minimum Requirements For Receivers Of Free To Air Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) In Ghana

INVITATION FOR COMMENT 1. The   NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY (“AUTHORITY”) is carrying out a transition of television broadcasting services in the frequency bands 174–230 MHz and 470–862 MHz from analogue to digital technology.
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NCA Director General Recognized For Commitment To The Telecom Industry

Paarock Asuman VanPercy, Director General of the National Communications Authority, has been given a special acknowledgment for his commitment to the telecom industry in Ghana. The recognition, in the form of an award, was at the 2nd Mobile World Ghana Telecom Summit.
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Poor Service Quality: MTN & Expresso Sanctioned

The National Communications Authority monitors and analyzes the performance of mobile operators in the country every month to assess the user experience using the mobile voice service, this is conducted in order to direct improvement in their Quality of Service (QoS). 
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Press Statement: SIM Card Registration

On July 1, 2010, our country embarked on a SIM Card Registration Exercise which required users of mobile telephony services to register their SIM cards. The exercise was to run for a full year from July 1 2010 to June 30 2011 at the end of which any SIM card that remained unregistered would be deactivated.
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NCA Announces New Interconnection Rate Regime For The Period 2012 – 2014

The National Communications Authority in December of 2011 set a new Interconnect termination rate regime among Telecommunications Operators, to replace the existing regime which was set in 2008 and was due to expire on 31 December 2011.
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ITU Telecom World 2011

The ITU Telecom World 2011 brought together thousands of delegates from the telecommunications and technology industries to discuss what steps need to be taken to get more of the world connected. The meeting took place in Geneva Palexpo, Switzerland on October 24-27, 2011.
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Public Announcement: Burkinabe Regulator On Fact-Finding

The National Communications Authority (NCA) continues to attract international admiration and endorsement for the sound spectrum management as well as the efficient implementation of key policies in the telecommunications sector of the country.
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Public Announcement: NCA Consumer Forum 2011 & Opening of Zonal Offices

The National Communications Authority (NCA) is pleased to announce to all stakeholders of its imminent Consumer Forum 2011, in Tamale for the Northern Sector and in Kumasi for the Middle Sector of the country.
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NCA Picks Best Telecom Regulator Award

The National Communications Authority was the recipient of WEST AFRICA’S BEST REGULATOR for the year 2011, an international award instituted for excellence in delivery of telecommunications in Africa. NCA picked this year’s African telecom regulation trophy in the regulator category organized by African Telecom People (ATD).
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5 Telcos Punished - For providing poor services

The five operating telecommunications companies (telcos) in the country have been slapped with a fine totaling GH₵1.2 million by the National Communications Authority (NCA) for providing poor quality services to their clients.
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Mobile Number Portability Statistics As Of October 2011

NEWS RELEASE – NOVEMBER 4, 2011

MOBILE NUMBER PORTABILITY STATISTICS AS OF OCTOBER 2011

The National Communications Authority (NCA) is pleased to report that as of the end of October, 2011, four months since the commencement of Mobile Number Portability (MNP), a total of 138,458 mobile phone subscribers in Ghana had taken advantage of the MNP system to move from one mobile service provider to another whilst retaining their mobile number.
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Digital Terrestrial Pay Television Network Licenses Invitation For Comment

1.    The   NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY (NCA) intends to invite proposals/offers from eligible Entities registered under the Ghana Companies Code, 1963, Act 179 for the grant of licenses to establish, maintain and operate Digital Terrestrial Pay Television Networks.
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Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) Licenses In The 2500 – 2690 MHZ Band

REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS

1.    The NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY (“AUTHORITY’) invites applications from eligible Entities registered under the Ghana Companies Code, 1963, Act 179 for the grant of a license to establish, maintain and operate Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) Services in the 2500MHz – 2690 MHz band.
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Senegal, Others Learn From NCA

A delegation from the Consumer Association of Senegal has concluded a study tour of the National Communications Authority. The focus of the team’s two-day study was principally on the operations of Ghana’s International Inbound traffic Verification Project (IITV).
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Public Announcement

The National Communications Authority gives notice that effective 1st October, 2011  all Network Operators, Service Providers and Dealers who are not in good standing with  the Authority
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Press Release: SIM Card Registration

  At the expiration of the period for SIM Card Registration on June 30, 2011, the National Communications Authority (NCA) announced a 90-day mop-up period following which a review of progress of the entire exercise will be conducted with a view to bringing it to closure.
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Government Of Ghana Adopts DVB-T2 As The Transmission Standard For Digital Terrestrial Television

The Government of Ghana has accepted the recommendations of the Digital Broadcasting Migration Committee (DBMC) to adopt the second generation Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) standard, ETSIEN 302 755, popularly called, DVB-T2 for digital terrestrial television in Ghana.It offers the flexibility of transmitting high definition (HD), standard definition (SD) and mobile television channels on the same transmission network.
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NCA States Position At Ho Policy Fair

The National Communication Authority (NCA) has taken advantage of a four-day policy fair in the Volta regional capital, Ho to re-brand with its public in the region.
The 17th to 20th of August 2011 fair under the theme ‘’Empowering the People as we Build a Better Ghana,’ attracted over 1,300 participants.
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NCA has a new Deputy Director General and Board Secretary

The National Communications Authority is proud to announce and welcome Mr. Albert Enninful and Mrs. Rahmata Issahaq-Pelpuo as Deputy Director-General and the Board Secretary respectively. They both hold offices in acting capacities pending confirmation of their respective positions by the Public Services Commission.
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Mobile Number Portability: You Can Move.....NOW!

Mobile Number Portability is now a reality in Ghana. That means you can quit one mobile network and join another, without changing your mobile number at all!
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Status Of The SIM/Chip Registration Exercise

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has given a grace period of 90 days to persons whose data submitted during the SIM registration exercise faced challenges.
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Ghanaian Communications Engineer Jailed 5 years For Fraud

A Ghanaian Communications Engineer based in Italy has been slapped with a 5 year jail term by an Accra Court for illegally terminating international calls to Ghana.
Hassan Nonni, 50 years was arrested on 13th November, 2010 at Dome in Accra for illegally terminating international calls to Ghana using the SIM cards of Vodafone, Airtel and MTN.
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New Schedule of Penalties Gazetted

The National Communications Authority has published in the Ghana Gazette of February 4th, 2011 a new Schedule of Penalties for Mobile Cellular Operators. This means that the new Schedule of Penalties is what will be used by the NCA.
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Communications Infrastructure Licence

The National Communications Authority in consultation with stakeholders has finalized the Communications Infrastructure (Tower) Licence which would be awarded to Infrastructure service providers. A sample of the licence is posted below.
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Ghana Chairs QoS in Africa (18/02/11)

The Regional Group for Africa of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) lead study group on Quality of Service, ITU-T Study Group 12 has unanimously elected Mr. Kwame Baah-Acheamfuor, a Senior Manager at the Regulatory Administration Division of Ghana’s National Communications Authority (NCA), chairman for a two-year term.
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WTIS Day 2011

Theme: "Better Life In Rural Communities With ICTs"
The World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) was held at the Accra International Conference Centre on May 17, 2011 under the theme "Better life in rural communities with ICTs." The purpose of WTISD is to help raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT) can bring to societies and economies, as well as ways to bridge the digital divide.
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NCA Participates In Ghana Policy Fair

The National Communications Authority took advantage of the second Ghana Policy Fair to draw  the public closer and afford them the opportunity of understanding the NCA's functions, objectives and policies. This year’s event, organized under the auspices of the Ministry of Information, was held from the 26th to 30th April, 2011 in Accra.
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BWA Licence Winners (21/01/2011)

The National Communications Authority (NCA) hereby announces the successful conclusion of its selection process for the award of Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) licenses in the 2500 – 2690 MHz band.
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Joint Statement By NCA/GBC (17/01/11)

The Governing Boards of the National Communications Authority (NCA) and the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) held a meeting on 13th January, 2011 in the Boardroom of NCA.
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Public Consultation On The Award Of Infrastructure Licence (22/12/2010)

In accordance with our mandate under the Electronic Communications Act, 2008, Act 775, the National Communications Authority (NCA) intends to award Licenses for the provision of Infrastructure (Towers) in the country.
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Re: Dakar Declaration (17/12/2010)

The attention of the Ministry of Communications has been drawn to a statement issued by the West African Telecommunications Conference of telecom operators held in Dakar on 25th November 2010 concerning ‘government imposed taxes on incoming international traffic’.
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Guidelines for The Deployment of Communications Towers

The Government of Ghana through the National Communications Authority has released Guidelines for The Deployment of Communications Towers.
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Progress on the work of the NDBMTC

The National Digital Broadcasting Migration Technical Committee has released a report outlining several policy recommendations to the Government of Ghana for the smooth transition from analogue to digital broadcasting by 17th June, 2015.
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NCA Hosts Ethiopian Fact Finding Team

The four member team led by Mr. Andualem Adugnaw from the Communication & Media Research Department of Ethiopia in a meeting with management of the  Authority on May 3, 2012.
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