Council appeals for speedy implementation of broadband policy

Abuja - The Nigeria Broadband Council has called
for the accelerated implementation of the country's
Broadband Plan.
The council made the call after evaluating
milestones of the broadband plan at its regular
quarterly meeting the Minister of Communication
Technology, Omobola Johnson, chaired.
According to a document obtained by this
publication from the Ministry of Communication
Technology, the council acknowledged the progress
made on the implementation of the Broadband Plan
in the last 18 months, especially the increased
capacity rolled out by telcos and other infrastructure
providers which had resulted in a 2 percent increase
in broadband penetration in 2014.
The council also noted the successful auction of the
2.3GHz spectrum, licensing of the first two Infracos
for metro fibre rollout and called on successful
bidders to quickly rollout to improve the pace of
implementation.
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They commended the trial of TV White Spaces
approved by Nigerian Communications Commission
(NCC) and Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC)
geared at reducing cost of internet access. The
council also commended the telecoms operators for
their leadership in the area of base station
infrastructure sharing and deployment and resolved
that this needed to be extended to fibre.
They called on the NCC and the Universal Service
Provision Fund (USPF) to look into the possibility of
providing financial incentives to accelerate this.
The Broadband Council is made up of 19 members,
chaired by Minister of Communication Technology.
It is charged with the responsibility of monitoring
implementation modalities for the approved
Nigerian National Broadband Plan.

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