30 results
- 18 Nov 2013
NCC Auctions One Frequency License under 2.3 GHz Band
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said that it will auction one frequency license in the 2.3 GHz band for the provision of wholesale broadband services in Nigeria. The auction is expected to…
- 5 Mar 2013
2.3Ghz Auction Rings Debate
The 2.3GHz frequency band evokes so much emotion each time it is mentioned and it did live up to its controversial nature as divergent views greeted the planned licensing of the remaining slot…
- 12 Jan 2014
NCC Auctions 2.3GHz Spectrum Worth N3.6Bn February
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will auction the 2.3 GHz band for commercial assignment on a national basis during the week commencing February 17, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek can now report.…
- 31 Aug 2009
2.3GHz: Companies Unfazed, Eye Licenses
The announcement of fresh licensing for spectrum in the 2.3GHz frequency band after the previous process was declared void, has conjured an array of feelings but more applicants unfazed by diatribes…
- 27 May 2009
NCC Commences New Licensing Round for 2.3Ghz Frequency
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has begun a new process for the sale of the 2.3GHz Frequency spectrum band following the cancellation of the earlier sale enmeshed in controversies, Nigeria…
- 11 Mar 2014
Bitflux Pays $23.2m for 2.3Ghz Spectrum
Bitflux Communications Limited has become full operator of the 2.3 GHz spectrum after making a payment of $23.251,000 for the spectrum it won at a recent auction. In a short statement, Tony Ojobo,…
- 19 Feb 2014
Bitflux Wins 2.3 GHz Spectrum Auction with $23.1m
Bitflux Communications Limited has emerged winner of the 2.3 GHz spectrum with a bid of $23.25 million to beat Globacom, National carrier. NCC had, in a public notice, made available on its official…
- 15 Jun 2009
Botched 2.3GHz Spectrum: Nigeria Loses $2Bn Investment, Internet Revolution
Nigeria may lose some $2billion investment in its telecom infrastructure and chance to make broadband affordable and enhanced in the country unless the crisis generated by the recent botched…
- 11 Feb 2014
Zinox Withdraws from 2.3GHz Spectrum Auction
Zinox Telecom, arm of Zinox Group, the integrated Information and Communications company, has withdrawn from the 2.3GHz spectrum auction, preferring to focus on its core end to service…
- 29 Jun 2010
2.3 GHz, Nitel/Mtel Muddles Killing Telecom
The fast paced growth that greeted the initial telecom revolution in Nigeria is slowing down and it is disheartening. Like everything Nigeria, the country is allowing opportunities that come on a…
- 22 Mar 2010
2.3GHz: Dark Spots, Intrigues Threaten Licenses
Air of solemnity pervaded the telecom industry last weekend as stakeholders wait with cautious optimism government’s reaction to the landmark judgment which ordered the Nigerian Communications…
- 8 Jun 2009
Mobitel Secures WiMax Infrastructure
Mobitel has contracted Alvarion to deploy a WiMax network in under-served areas throughout the country. Using Alvarion’s BreezeMAX solution in the 2.0 GHz, 2.2 GHz and 2.3 GHz frequency bands,…
- 5 May 2009
2.3 License: Use-it or Loose it Clause Scares Bidders
Only a handful of the 40 applicants for the four slots of 20 MHz each in the 2.3 GHz frequency band to be issued by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will go ahead with the bidding process…
- 11 May 2016
Complicated Dynamics of Nigeria’s 2.6 GHz Auction
Nigeria’s telecoms regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is in the process of auctioning spectrum in the 2.6GHz band. 2.6GHz is a so-called 4G band, allowing the winning bidder to…
- 2 Nov 2009
Broadband Missing in FG’s $2Bn Stimulus Package
When do you think the Nigerian economy will improve? The answers differ; to some the economy is already on the mend but others think it will take much longer. In all, there is no concrete sign to…
- 21 Dec 2009
How Telecom Fared in the Out Going Year
Nigeria telecommunications sector in the out going year was felt with mixed given. The sector which has been adjudged the fastest growing in Africa, witnessed low level of activities compared to…
- 11 Feb 2014
GSMA Report Reveals Economic Benefits of Shared Spectrum License
The GSMA yesterday issued a new report indicating that shared spectrum can complement but in no way replaces the need for exclusive-access spectrum in the provision of mobile broadband. The report,…
- 27 Aug 2014
NCC Holds Stakeholders’ Forum on Spectrum Auction
Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has declared plans to hold public forum in lieu of intentions to auction spectrum in 2.6 Gigahertz (GHz) band. Tony Ojobo, director, Public Affairs at NCC in a…
- 28 Feb 2014
NCC Plans More Spectrum Licence Auctions
Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) has disclosed plans to put up three more spectrum frequencies for licensing, following the successful conclusion of the 2.3GHz broadband spectrum auction.…
- 15 Apr 2016
Bitflux Communications Rolls Out Commercial Service
Bitflux Communications has announced its readiness to commence commercial service provisioning Last Mile Wholesale Access (“LMWA”) which is designed to provide cost effective local loop circuits to…
- 21 Sept 2009
Alvarion Gets Mobitel’s Nationwide Service Rollout Contract
Alvarion, WiMax and wireless broadband solutions provider has announced that it has been chosen by Mobitel to provide 802.16e WiMax services for under-served areas throughout Nigeria. Using…
- 20 Jan 2014
FG Hikes Broadband Spectrum Auction to N4Bn
The federal government is now asking for N3.97 billion, against the earlier price of N3.6 billion as auction fee for the 2.3GHz broadband spectrum, media reports claimed last night. Consequently, the…
- 28 Aug 2014
NCC, Stakeholders Dialogue on Best Spectrum Auction Model
Players in the telecommunications industry have tabled their positions hoping to influence the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) in the sale frequencies in the 2.6GHz Spectrum. Arguments swung…
- 17 Jan 2014
Mobile Data Remains Africa’s Cash Cow for Telcos
International Data Corporation Insight has found that mobile data will remain the operators’ cash cow in 2014, aside the exponential increase in mobile data forcing telecommunications operators in…
- 12 Mar 2012
2.5GHZ Licensing’ll Encourage More Broadband Operators –Garg
2.5GHZ Licensing’ll Encourage More Broadband Operators –Garg Anurag Garg is managing director of Direct On PC, a leading Internet Service Provider in the Nigeria. Garg joined DOPC eight years ago…
- 18 Mar 2014
OpenMedia, Broadband Rights Africa Host Broadband Forum
Broadband Rights Africa, Openmedia Group and Atlantic Telecoms & Media have perfected plans to host an international forum on accelerating nationwide broadband access in Nigeria. The Forum…
- 6 Feb 2012
National Licenses Hurting Broadband Revolution - Experts
Unless spectrum planning and allocation is done in clear and harmonized basis, many Nigerians will not get shares of the so called digital dividends while greater broadband connectivity that will…
- 12 Jun 2014
Broadband Council Pushes for Smart States, 50% 3G-Coverage
Broadband Council has made case for the increased 3G coverage to 50 percent of the Nigerian population by 2015. This was one of the outcomes of the council’s 4th meeting in Lagos recently. The…
- 30 Jan 2012
2011: ICT4D Plan Missing as Politicians Chase Shadows
Election fever is sweeping across the country but presidential aspirants are not talking about how to use information and communications technology (ICT) to underpin Nigeria’s regeneration,…
- 11 Jan 2010
Telecom Subscribers’ Expectations in 2010
Telecommunications industry in the country coming from the tortuous 2009 occasioned by global economic meltdown and Central Bank of Nigeria reform in the banking which have affected both operators…