2.3GHz spectrum license winner announces roll-out commencement

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April 25, 2016 10:02 AM

Mr. Biodun Omoniyi, Managing Director of VDT Communications, the company that oversees Bitflux operations, said the service would be provided via Bitflux’s 30MHz of the 2.3GHz spectrum on its LTE advance platform.

A NBN Co worker arranges fibre-optic cables used in the National Broadband Network in west Sydney July 11, 2013. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

Media reports reveal that the company that was awarded the Wholesale Wireless Access Service License (“WWASL”) on the 2.3GHz spectrum licence in February 2014 by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Bitflux, is set to roll out commercial services on the 2.3GHz spectrum frequency on a wholesale basis.

The company, while making the announcement, said it would offer the wholesale wireless broadband Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology service to its prospective partners especially major Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), major Internet Carriers (IC), Internet Service Providers (ISP), and Bandwidth Aggregators.

According to an Innovation Village report, the NCC adopted the concept of Wholesale Wireless Access License as a long term sustainable solution to the availability of broadband services and a key component toward achieving the Nigerian National Broadband Strategy.

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Mr. Biodun Omoniyi, Managing Director of VDT Communications, the company that oversees Bitflux operations, said the service would be provided via Bitflux’s 30MHz of the 2.3GHz spectrum on its LTE advance platform.

“Our services are now available nationwide and the immediate focus is to put to rest the unnecessary use of unlicensed spectrum to deliver last mile access services. Our wholesale wireless broadband LTE service is designed for retail partners such as 4G LTE Broadband Service providers, Enterprise Connect Partners, Bulk Corporate LTE customers, Wi-fi Bundle customers and Licensed frequency last mile service providers,” Omoniyi said in a statement.

The general thinking is that the sale of the spectrum will enable more broadband access and Internet penetration in Nigeria.

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