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June 4, 2019
The NigerianCommunications Commission, NCC says that Mobile Broadband is economically costeffective and encourages private sector participation better than fixedbroadband.
The ExecutiveCommissioner, Stakeholders Management, NCC, Sunday Dare, said this at aninteractive session with the Nigerian information Technology ReportersAssociation, NITRA in Abuja.
He said the NationalBroadband Plan had both mobile and fixed components, saying that NCC wasexerting action in both directions.
The Commissioner, however,said that the NCC was more inclined to mobile broadband because of its benefitsand cost effectiveness.
According to Dare,fixed broadband requires you to lay cables. To do that, you need Right of WayPermits, which are controlled by state governments.
He said the commissionhad constantly engaged state governors through the National Economic Counciland the Governors Forum in order to overcome these challenges.