NCC rates broadband penetration at 47.01 per cent | The Guardian Nigeria News

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Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, at the weekend, put broadband penetration nationwide at 47.01 per cent.

Assuring the citizens that the regulation was focused on achieving 70 per cent penetration target in the next two years, Danbatta hinted that speedy network would hit 50 per cent before the end of this year.

The EVC added that 220 million Nigerians now use mobile telephone, while 160 million subscribe to the Internet, with tele-density standing at 115.70 per cent. On the crisis that almost crippled operators and other key stakeholders, the NCC helmsman recognised the critical role played by the regulator to save an otherwise national embarrassment.

 

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