Broadband penetration: Nigeria targets 70% by 2024
There are strong indications that Nigeria is planning to challenge itself with a pragmatic plan of attaining 70 per cent broadband penetration by 2024.
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Tag: BROADBAND
Expert wants govt. to promote digital services for broadband usage
A software developer, Mr Bola Agboola, has urged government at all levels to promote the kind of digital services
that will give room for more usage of broadband.
Last mile broadband : ITU’s lightweight optical cable to the rescue
With all the enviable statistics Nigeria can boast of in telecommunications development, cost of doing business, particularly in the rural areas, is still very high.
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Nigeria’s 31% broadband penetration claim is empirical —NCC
Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC, yesterday, stood its ground that the nation attained up to 31 per cent broadband penetration between 2013 and December 2018 even though its data was based on growth of mobile broadband subscriptions.
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Affordable broadband for 100m Nigerians: Operators, stakeholders, regulators discuss
In order to realign Nigeria’s strategic IT direction and further provide affordable broadband for the next 100 million Nigerians and as well reposition the country for global competitiveness, regulators, operators and stakeholders at the 13the Network Technology Conference and Workshop titled: Affordable Broadband For The Next 100 Million Nigerians, had identified the need to connect the next 100 million Nigerians for successful business operations and economic growth in Nigeria.
Read More ‘Last mile broadband connection: Nigeria shouldn’t be satellite shy’
Perhaps, taking broadband services to rural Nigeria is about the most contentious issue in the Nigerian telecommunications industry since a few private operators took the bold initiative to land massive submarine broadband cables into the country.
Read More US trade agency to fast-track Nigeria’s broadband target, releases grant to BCN
United States Trade and Development Agency, USTDA, may have bought into Nigeria’s 30 percent broadband target by 2018 , as it recently released a grant to Backbone Connectivity Network Limited of Nigeria, BCN.BCN is a unified data communication service provider for the North West region of Nigeria. The partnership which necessitated the grant will see to the building of a Tier III data center in Kaduna State and a metropolitan broadband network in Abuja.The grant, according to USTDA is for the development of a feasibility study and business plan to support the deployment of a broadband fiber network across the North West region of Nigeria including the building of a Tier III data center in Kaduna State.
Read More US trade agency to fast-track Nigeria’s broadband target, releases grant to BCN
United States Trade and Development Agency, USTDA, may have bought into Nigeria’s 30 percent broadband target by 2018 , as it recently released a grant to Backbone Connectivity Network Limited of Nigeria, BCN.
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Hope rises for Broadband devt in Nigeria
Going by available statistics, Nigeria’s broadband development may not be as bad as many Nigerians are made to believe. Indications are that internet is fast penetrating all sectors of Nigerian economy.
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FG to license new broadband providers, says Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has announced plans by the Federal Government to expand the broadband coverage of the country through the licensing of private broadband providers.
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BROADBAND PLAN DEBACLE: 30 percent penetration target divides ICT sector
In 2013, Nigeria through the PresidentialCommittee on Broadband developed a five-year strategy to drive internet and broadband penetration and scale up the nation’s broadband growth by 30 percent.
Read More Why Nigeria’s 5-year broadband plan is failing
In 2013, Nigeria through the Presidential Committee on Broadband developed a five-year strategy to drive internet and broadband penetration and scale up the nation’s broadband growth by 30 percent.
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Broadband: Harmonising Right of Way levies
THE Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, recently made a commendable intervention in Nigeria’s broadband development by seeking a favourable pricing model for broadband services in the country.
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NCC engages stakeholders on appropriate broadband pricing
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Tuesday gathered stakeholders in Lagos, to discuss possible ways of ensuring appropriate pricing for broadband services in the country.
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Despite falling prices, cost of internet access remains out of reach for billions
New research just released by Alliance for Affordable Internet , A4AI, has showed that broadband affordability is improving across the globe, though the cost to connect remains out of reach for many in the developing world, including Nigeria.
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