The Nigerian Communications Commission recently announced that it would be licensing five new companies to deploy metropolitan fibre infrastructure across Nigeria.
This announcement was made by the Director of Public Affairs, Mr Tony Ojobo in statement about the commencement of the second phase of the initiative to bridge existing broadband gap.
“NCC on behalf of the Federal Government announces its intension to commence Phase 2 – license of Infracos for North East, North West, South-South, South West and South East zones.
“The InfraCos will deploy metropolitan fibre infrastructure within its assigned territory on an open access, non-discriminatory, price regulated basis,” Ojobo said.
Ojobo said that the Request for Proposal (RFP) document, detailing the commercial principles, key licensing conditions and technical specifications would be advertised soon.
These new companies will be joining MainOne and IHS who were licensed to deploy infrastucture for Lagos areas and North Central, respectively. There are currently about 40,000 kilometres of long haul, inter-city fibre optic infrastructure in the country.
