By News Desk
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved 1,843 phone brands to sell in the Nigerian market.
The telecommunications regulator disclosed this in its ‘Type Approval’ regulation published on Tuesday.
“The mobile handsets approved have been tested and found to meet the applicable Type Approval standards required to allow them to be sold to consumers and operated in the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” NCC said.
The new approvals represent a total increase of 351, from the 1,492 phones approved in 2020 by the regulator.
Tecno Technology Shenzhen Co. Ltd, the manufacturers of Tecno, Infinix and Itel have the largest share of combined 321 phone brands, according to the data analysed by THE WHISTLER.
Samsung phones which are manufactured by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd received approval for over 184 of its handsets.
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd, China received approval of 136 brands of its Huawei mobile phones.
