The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has released the time table and pre-qualification criteria for the auctioning process for 2.6GHz spectrum just as it pegged the auction price for 2.6GHz at $16 million per slot. The NCC Director, Spectrum Administration, Mr. Nwaulume Augustine, said that a total of 14 slots were opened for interested operators. He said spectrum was offered by the NCC on a technology neutral basis, and that it could be used to provide any telecommunications services, thereby boosting broadband penetration.
For the roll out of services, he said that the NCC would follow the International Telecommunication Union recommendation setting aside spectrum in the 2.6GHz band for the provision of advanced wireless broadband services. The spectrum lots won by each bidder, he said, would be assigned on a nationwide basis, covering all the states of the federation and Abuja. He warned that operators would be sanctioned for not rolling out services with the spectrum.
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