On Friday, 2nd December 2016, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) announced that provision has been made in 2017 budget to widen telecommunication services to an additional 40 million people across the country.
“In this respect, two Infrastructure Companies (InfraCos) have been licensed, while the remaining five companies will be licensed shortly to commence the deployment of more broadband fibre networks beyond the major cities in the country,” said the Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Umar Garba Danbatta.
According to Danbatta, the commission had conducted a survey, which identified about 200 communities nationwide with access gap, stressing that through the Universal Service Provision Fund (ISPF) being managed by one of its departments, 40 million people in these areas would be covered in 2017.
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