Telecom: Ncc To Decommission 693 Abandoned Masts - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
August 13, 2019
The Nigerian CommunicationsCommission, NCC may neutralize over six hundred and ninety telecoms mastsalleged to have been abandoned in several parts of the country.
The commission gave owners of themast ninety-days to rehabilitate, commence usage or dismantle and remove themasts/towers from the relevant locations.
Director of Public Affairs of thecommission,  Henry Nkemadu said it issued guidelines on technicalspecifications for the Installation of Telecommunications Masts and Towers in2009 to provide for various issues including the appropriate maintenance oftelecommunications masts and towers.
Though the Commission was notforthcoming about the operators that are likely to own the masts, furtherchecks showed that larger percentage of the abandoned masts might belong tosome Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA operators.