NCC to issue new spectrum licences in 2016

In efforts to create robust internet infrastructure in all the 36 states in the country, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that it would issue new telecom spectrum licences in 2016,
Prof Umar Danbatta , the Acting Executive Vice Chairman, NCC, who made this known in an interview in Abuja, on Monday, said that the commission was focused on providing a level playing field for all telecom companies and investors to maximise their investments in the sector.

Danbatta said this would increase investments, expand broadband services and drive economic growth and development in the country.

The NCC boss said the overall target was to raise the sector’s contribution to Nigeria’s GDP to 25 per cent from the present 10 per cent.

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“We shall continue to provide the enabling environment to attain the prediction of 25 per cent by 2025.
“The commission is currently engaging the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) with a view to removing the barriers to infrastructure deployment such as fibre-optic cables, base transceiver stations (BTS) and others from their states,’’ he said.

It would be recalled that on Oct. 30, Mr Tony Ojobo, the Director, Public Affairs of the Commission, had said that NCC would roll out programmes to licence more spectrums in 2016.

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