NCC registers 231 million telecom devices as Nigeria begins phone verification

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has automatically captured and registered approximately 231 million telecommunications devices operating across the country as it begins full implementation of a national verification framework designed to bar counterfeit, cloned, and unapproved mobile equipment from Nigerian mobile networks. The initiative, structured under the NCC’s Device Management System (DMS) and Type Approval Compliance framework, took effect following formal rollout procedures