By Prince Osuagwu & Nnamdi Ojiego

Former Executive Director of Multilinks Limited, Engr Ezekiel Fatoye has re-echoed the demand for the Nigerian Broadcast Commission, NBC to be merged with the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, just as he requested that the government looks into the need for retrieving the 2.5Ghz from the NBC and return it to the NCC to aid communications.

Fatoye spoke in Lagos, as one of Nigeria’s National Internet Services Provides, Spectranet, launched its latest fourth generation Wireless broadband services in the country.

According to Fatoye, who is also a director at Spectranet, “there is no reason why 2.5Ghz, should be in NBC instead of NCC because the spectrum is not mainly for broadcasting but for communications. That is why I believe that there should be a policy thrust that can address that anomaly. In any case government should begin to look at how NBC should be merged with the NCC and until that is done, we may not harness the full potentials of ICT in the country,” he added.

Spectranet’s Wireless Broadband Access Service is being delivered on advanced 16 E WiMax technology which facilitates fast, reliable internet access service. Compared to some other technologies which are fixed access, Fatoye said that Spectranet wireless broadband service will provide a certain level of portability, delivered on the retail friendly frequency which facilitates better signal penetration and therefore more stable services indoors.

According to him, “reliable internet access is no more a luxury, it is a necessity. We see tremendous potential in delivering high quality broadband services as consumers in Nigeria increasingly demand high quality internet connectivity but at an affordable price. Besides the advantage of cost, convenience and reliability, Spectranet Broadband Services comes with easy deployment and wide choice of tariff and plans, which will be of great value to the customers.”

The company said it has partnered with organizations like Huawei for its Network Infrastructure, and with Tata Communications, Main One and Globacom for its International Bandwidth needs.