The Nigerian Communications Commission has unveiled
plans to take its investment drive, especially in the area of broadband
telecommunications deployment, to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The Executive Vice- Chairman, NCC, Dr. Eugene Juwah,
stated this on Friday during an interactive session with journalists on the
International Telecommunications Union conference holding in Dubai.
He said the ITU event, which would feature high
quality, influential mix of participants drawn from across the global ICT
industry alongside Heads of Government, offered the best platform to woo
investments to the broadband communication sector.
Broadband refers to a communications bandwidth of, at
least, 256 kilobits per second. Each channel is six MHz wide and it uses an
extensive range of frequencies to effortlessly relay and receive data between
networks.
He said owing to the benefits of the new
telecommunication model, the current management of the NCC had been championing
the initiative in the country.
Juwah said, “Nigeria’s broadband initiative is aimed at
rapidly changing lives and approach to businesses through increased efficiency
and attracting investment.
“It is also aimed at connecting the entire nation and
sub-region. It is in view of this that the NCC is taking the campaign for
broadband investment to ITU telecom World 2012, Dubai, UAE, in order to attract
investors in the broadband deployment across the country.”