Danbatta reiterates NCC’s commitment to attainment of 70% broadband penetration by 2025
…Gives Account of 5-year Stewardship. The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta at the weekend hosted an interactive session with senior media chiefs from mainstream and online media community…
Uzodimma Signs Executive Order reducing RoW for InfraCos to N145
Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma has signed an Executive Order reducing the Right of Way (RoW) of telecommunication companies and mainly Infrastructure Companies (InfraCos) in the state. The reduction crashes the erstwhile exorbitant amount of N4,500 to the…
Soaring vandalism to deny targeted 70% broadband penetration—ATCON, ALTON
President of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Engr Olusola Teniola has once again, warned that the nation’s fresh target of meeting 70% broadband penetration on the powers of the new National Broadband Plan 2020-2025 may fail if…
Business Hilights review of key regulatory feats by NCC in 2019 (Part 3)
On Planned Rural Connectivity with TVWS Technology Further to the strategic implementation of its 8-Point Agenda, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has partnered with the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and other necessary industry stakeholders to brainstorm on how to develop…
Better to resolve InfraCos challenges than auditing spectrum licences, Minister told
Communications industry experts have called on the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isah Pantami to save his time in carrying out frequency audit on all the spectrum licences issued from inception till date and use it to find…
Why Nigeria may not get fair share of $1.7tn global data economy—Expert
Just as the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has said that Nigeria can get a fair share of the global data economy valued at more than $1.7tn, if it adopts and faithfully implements the National Smart Initiative Policy Framework…
Jumia report rules out rise in fixed broadband, sees mobile jumping by 2025
Latest revelation coming from Africa’s foremost online shopping website, Jumia has shown that not much may be achieved by Nigeria in years to come on areas of fibre optic cable driven last mile delivery in terms of broadband access. Rather,…
ATCON boss, Dikko, Coker, others say ‘broadband should be a privileged right’
Leading stakeholders in Nigeria’s broadband services delivery, have made it clear that it is high time, state governments’ who are key obstacles in the race to broadband penetration had a rethink and review their hard stand on milking Infrastructure Companies…
Will NCC’s subsidy to InfraCos foot discouraging RoW bills by states?
The weekend cheerful news from the telecoms regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) hinting that it has concluded process leading to the disbursement of subsidies to the six licensed Infrastructure Companies (InfraCos) has been received by stakeholders with mixed feelings….
NCC mute on none access of N5bn facility by Infracos, says last-mile on course
Ever since the telecoms regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), sealed an understanding that raised about N5bn meant for Infrastructure Companies (Infracos) with rollout plans to access, no company had applied not to…
