According to an expert, Nigeria's 2025 broadband target is at risk unless it adopts satellite connectivity due to the prohibitive cost of installing fibre optic infrastructure in remote, underserved areas.

NIGCOMSAT: More than Just Monitoring Satellites, by Fom Gyem   At an inter-governmental summit in Addis Ababa in 1976, the then head of the state of Nigeria informed member nations of the Economic Council of Africa/Organization of Africa Union (ECA/OAU) about the history of satellites. The Federal...

FG Seeks AfDB’s Intervention In Developing NIGCOMSAT, Building ICT Infrastructure   The federal government has called on the African Development Bank (AfDB) to intervene in building the trans-saharan optic fibre backbone/national broadband backbone and develop ground station for Nigeria Communication Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) and other critical national...

The recently approved 2017 national budget finally gets the nod of the Presidency by way of asset, then the ministry of communications and its two affiliate agencies, the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited, NigComSat and the Nigerian Postal Services, NIPOST, respectively, they would actually be...

With over N144 billion ($362 million) spent on its building and more on the construction of ground station infrastructure, the country’s communications satellite is still idle in the ongoing switchover from analogue to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) broadcasting. The reason: there is no backup to...

The Minister of Communications, Barrister Adebayo Shittu, has said Nigeria was expending $550 million on two back-up satellites to put an end to capital flight. He also explained that a dedicated account had been opened for the fine imposed on MTN in Central Bank...