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Nigeria - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and AnalysesLONDON, Nov. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Nigeria licenses two more InfraCos for wholesale broadband The government has continued with its plan to increase broadband penetration to 30% by 2018 and to increase mobile broadband penetration to 50% by 2020. To this end the regulator is looking to auction additional spectrum in the 700MHz and 2.3GHz bands. The country has Africa's largest mobile market, with about 142 million subscribers and a penetration rate of 101%. The number of subscribers fell in 2017 as consumers responded to a poor economic climate, adopted other OTT channels for voice and data services, and as regulatory measures continued to oblige operators to disconnect unregistered SIM cards. Key developments: Regulator licences two more InfraCos; Government pledges to deploy 18,000km of fibre to extend broadband to rural areas; MTN Nigeria secures licence for spectrum in the 2.6GHz band; State oil company NNPC allows part of its fibre infrastructure to be used for telecom services; Regulator hopes for the telecoms sector to account for a greater share of GDP by 2025; Government devising strategy to increase broadband penetration to 30% by end-2018, increase mobile broadband penetration to 50% by 2020; Bidders shortlisted for acquisition of 9Mobile; Regulator prepares to revise mobile interconnection rate; MTN Nigeria extends licenses for spectrum in the 900MHz and 1800MHz bands to August 2021; Report update includes the regulator's market data to December 2017, operator data to Q3 2017, recent market developments. Companies mentioned in this report: Nigerian Telecommunications (Nitel, Pentascope, Transcorp), Globacom, VGC Communications, Nepskom Communications, MTS First Wireless, Suburban Telecom, Backbone Connectivity Network (BCN), Traffic Network Services, Fibre Tech West Africa, Phase3 Telecom, Gateway Telecoms Integrated Services, Mobitel Nigeria, Prestel (O-Mobile), Galaxy Backbone, 21st Century Technologies, Main One (Mainstreet Technologies), NigComSat, O3b Networks, WASACE, Linkserve, Pinet Informatics, Odu'a Telecom, Swift Networks, Startech Connection, Netcom Africa, MWEB Nigeria, Starcomms, Layer3, Communication Trends Nigeria, Entertainment Highway (HiTV), MTN Nigeria, Bharti Airtel (formerly Zain, Celtel), 9Mobile (Etisalat Nigeria, EMTS, Mubadala), Econet Wireless, Vodacom. Download the full report: https://www.reportbuyer.com/product/4093411 About Reportbuyer Reportbuyer is a leading industry intelligence solution that provides all market research reports from top publishers For more information: Sarah Smith Research Advisor at Reportbuyer.com Email: [email protected] Tel: +1 (718) 213 4904 Website: www.reportbuyer.com View original content:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nigeria---telecoms-mobile-and-broadband---statistics-and-analyses-300751637.html SOURCE ReportBuyer |