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  • NCC steps to actualise broadband penetration target proactive

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    The National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS) says Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC)’s licensing of more infrastructure companies (InfraCos) is a proactive step toward achieving the 30 per cent broadband penetration target. The National President of NATCOMS, Mr Adeola Ogunbanjo, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Wednesday.…

  • Nigeria reaches broadband penetration target

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    The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, said that Nigeria’s broadband penetration, according to the ITU/UNESCO policy forum, is currently at 22%, indicating that the minimum target to reach 20% by 2017 was met. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the EVC, at a session with journalists recently, explained that…

  • NCC gives infracos ultimatum to deploy infrastructure or lose licence

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    The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has said Infrastructure Companies (Infracos) must rollout visibly within one year after issuance of licence or they have their licences withdrawn. The Executive Vice-Chairman of NCC, Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, said this on Monday at an interactive session with newsmen in Lagos. Danbatta said the commission attained a milestone with…

  • NCC processes infraco licenses for South South, South West

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    Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says the Commission is currently processing licenses for four Infrastructure Service Providers (INFRACOs). He said the INFRACO licenses are based on NCC’s Open Access Model (OAM) in line with the National Broadband plan, adding that the licenses were being processed for the Infracos…

  • NCC assures of data availability, advances talks on licensing more Infracos

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    Tony Ojobo, Director Public Affairs at the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has said the significance of data availability through robust broadband is a key resource to the building of a digital economy. Ojobo declared in a keynote address he delivered extemporaneously at a critical segment of the just concluded Digital PayExpo in Lagos tagged Data…