Monday, October 7, 2013

NCC plans to provide license for fixed broadband services



At a news conference, the Executive Vice President of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Eugene Juwah, and the secretary general of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO), Prof Tim Unwin revealed the plans of NCC to license broadband services for regions and the accompanying advantage.

Dr. Juwah revealed that the country will be divided into regions and interested operators will have to bid for the regions. It is expected that the bid will be made next year by the prospective operators.
NCC plans to provide license for fixed broadband services
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He also revealed that it will be a collaboration between the private sector and the government to encourage the reluctant private operators.
You can only do mobile broadband up to a point without having fixed broadband. We have come to that point in Nigeria today. You need to backhaul your data. The problem we have in Nigeria is that we have a preponderance of microwave backhaul in our system and this has created a huge percentage of quality of service issues.” Juwah said.
Prof Unwin explained that despite the benefit of the proposed fixed broadband service, taking action to make it a reality is much more important than talk of mouth.
The benefit of broadband is best appreciated when it is made available to where it can be used to develop sectors like health, education and others. But this cannot be achieved without collaborations. I think Nigeria’s broadband development needs multi-sectoral collaborations. Your broadband plan should be such that other countries could copy from, if you get it right. We have to move from rhetoric to action. It is easy to write action plans but getting practical action into the plan is where the job really is.” Unwin stressed.

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