Tag: Broadband Penetration
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Danbatta reels out achievements in NCC
The national target to achieve 70 per cent broadband penetration by 2025 is receiving renewed attention from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), which promises 50 per cent before the end of 2023.
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Broadband penetration in Nigeria is 100% – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says that the Federal Government has achieved 100 per cent broadband penetration across Nigeria.
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Broadband penetration hits 44.5% as NCC reviews Short Code services
Nigeria’s broadband usage has continued on the rise, moving up from 40.9 per cent in February 2022 to 44.5 per cent in July 2022, a figure considered hopeful for achieving the national broadband target of 70 per cent in 2025.
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Internet subscriptions hit 84 million in Nigeria
The current broadband penetration in Nigeria as of June 2022 stands at 44.30% with more than eighty-four million internet subscriptions in the country, the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta has said.
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Facebook, MainOne to accelerate broadband penetration in Edo, Ogun
Facebook says it has collaborated with MainOne on metro fiber infrastructure project, toward accelerating broadband penetration in Edo and Ogun. Ibrahima Ba, Network Investments Lead for Emerging Markets at Facebook, made this known on Tuesday in Lagos. He said that the infrastructure collaboration was part of Facebook’s efforts to connect more people to broadband internet.…
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Nigeria aims to achieve new broadband penetration milestone
The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu on Thursday in Abuja expressed the ministry’s commitment to attain 70 per cent broadband penetration by 2021. The minister said this at a post “Nigeria National Broadband Plan 2013 to 2018’’, organised by the Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON). The event had as its theme “Success, Prospects…
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How Nigeria attained 31% broadband penetration target – NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has confirmed that, based on empirical indices, Nigeria attained 31 per cent broadband penetration. NCC management said in a statement on Sunday that this was contrary to insinuations in some quarters that the country was far away from the 30 per cent target. NCC said that by the five-year National…
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TNG year in review: How Nigeria achieved 2013-2018 broadband target
Nigeria, with the aim to drive internet and broadband penetration in the country, developed a five-year strategy, known as the Federal Government National Broadband Plan 2013-2018, through a presidential committee on broadband. To drive internet and broadband penetration in the country, the Federal Government National Broadband Plan 2013-2018 aimed to scale up Nigerian Communications Commission’s…
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NCC puts initiatives in place to fast-track internet access
To facilitate broadband penetration in the country and in a quest to bridge the digital divide, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has put in place initiatives to fast-track internet access in the country. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, while stressing the Commission has taken services to several unserved and…
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Nigeria achieves 2013-2018 broadband penetration target
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says the country’s broadband penetration stood at 30.9 per cent as at November 2018 surpassing the 30 per cent target by the National Broadband Plan. Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of NCC said this while speaking with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. The Federal Government National Broadband Plan 2013-2018…