The chief executive officer of Ntel, Mr. Ernest
Akinlola has said that Nigeria is still very much desirous of broadband
capacity, reports ITRealms.
Akinlola made this known at the 2017 Telecoms Executiveand Regulator Forum (TERF) at Oriental Hotel in Lagos, weekend, where he was
represented by the Director, Regulatory and External Affairs at ntel, Mr. Osondu
Nwokolo.
TERF is organised by the Association of Telecoms Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) and powered by InstinctWave.
He also noted that Nigeria is still in need of
broadband capacity anchored on synergy by relevant stakeholders.
In addition, Nwokolo decried the fact that many at times,
the decision affecting directly on the telecom sector is taken outside the
industry without core industry players participating.
This, he said, does not argue well for the development and
growth of the sector, especially in the telecom sector who are supposed to use
the supposed infrastructure.
Equally, he said that spectrum trading is a good idea but
content to drive it should be looked into as well.
He advised government to always include the Original
Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and operators who deliver based on requisite
OEMs tp the end user.
Further, he canvassed for the OEMs to be part of the
beneficiaries of any tax incentive to afford to domestication of their factories
in the country, thereby creating jobs for Nigerians and reducing the cost of
acquiring such equipment or devices by end users.
Chuks Egbune/GEE
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