· The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will invest US
$732million in revamping and building infrastructural fibre networks
· A universal fee for allowing private companies to lay cables
has been agreed for all of Nigeria’s states to avoid state governors t
from imposing arbitrary price increases as is the case with most of
the states now.
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will invest US
$732million in revamping and building infrastructural fibre networks.
The government will invest US$ 137million as part of a new National
Broadband Plan (NBP). The remaining will be provided by six private
infrastructure companies.
This public-private initiative targets to achieve 70% broadband
penetration by 2025. The target is set for laying 30,000km of fibre,
to add to the existing 41,000km network. Private companies were shying
away from laying the infrastructure network because of the high risk
and cost involved. The proposal is likely to spread internet across
the country and to make the cost of accessing the net cheaper, which
is presently not the case in most of the African countries.
A universal fee for allowing private companies to lay cables has been
agreed for all of Nigeria’s states to avoid state governors’ from
imposing arbitrary price increases as is the case with most of the
states now.
