By Laju Iren,

ICT and Infrastructure Solutions provider, Inlaks, has expressed readiness to partner with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on the provision of broadband services to Nigerians in all the 36 states of the federation.The partnership will among others things ensure that most Nigerians have access to faster and more affordable internet services on their mobile and desktop devices.

Speaking at the Members’ meeting of the Institute of Directors in Lagos recently, tagged ‘Broadband ecosystem: The role of the regulator,” MD/CEO of Inlaks, Mr. Femi Adeoti, said it was important for the regulatory commission to increase its current   proposed broadband speed for faster internet penetration in the country.

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He said, “We are an IT service provider and we are also now delving into cloud computing, which cannot work without effective broadband. That is why this partnership is very important to us. The cloud solution works solely on internet-based infrastructure and if the internet infrastructure of our clients is not good, they cannot do cloud solutions effectively.

So we have been discussing with NCC to see how we upscale the level of broadband that is available in the country. The NCC is prospecting about 1.5Mbits/sec, which is rather too low. Other countries are executing 100Mbits/s, and even up to 2Gbits/sec, and we are talking about 1.5.

However, with the partnership between the private and public sectors, we will be able to provide an increased broadband together. NCC is required to work on policy framework whilst Inlaks will work on the implementation.”