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CONNECTING THE NEXT TEN MILLION PEOPLE IN NIGERIA

CONNECTING THE NEXT TEN MILLION PEOPLE IN NIGERIA. By Engr. Ernest Ndukwe, OFR, FNSE,FNIM Chief Executive Officer, NCC At the Nigerian Telecom Summit, Abuja, Nov. 1, 2004. 1. Agenda. Introduction Overview of the Current Telecommunications Landscape in Nigeria

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CONNECTING THE NEXT TEN MILLION PEOPLE IN NIGERIA

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  1. CONNECTING THE NEXT TEN MILLION PEOPLE IN NIGERIA By Engr. Ernest Ndukwe, OFR, FNSE,FNIM Chief Executive Officer, NCC At the Nigerian Telecom Summit, Abuja, Nov. 1, 2004

  2. 1. Agenda • Introduction • Overview of the Current Telecommunications Landscape in Nigeria • Benchmarking Nigeria in the International Telecommunications Landscape • Discussion on how to sustain the gains so far and connecting the next 10 million people can be achieved • Conclusions

  3. 2. Introduction: • In Nigeria, the Telecommunications Industry has experienced exponential growth in the last four years with close to eight (8) million lines connected to date • For this, Nigeria has been described as one of the world’s fastest growing telecommunications markets • These achievements can be attributed largely to the goodwill exhibited by the Nigerian government and the enabling and conducive environment with respect to government policy and regulatory regimes

  4. 3. Introduction: • Quoting Mr President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo , “We cannot be talking about creating a conducive environment for foreign investments if the performance of our transport, telecommunications and energy sectorsremain dismal and epileptic.” - July 1999 • This statement of intent, confirming government’s areas of particular focus, provided the initial driving force behind subsequent activities that led to the level of development of the industry thus far.

  5. 4. Introduction • The need to keep abreast of developments and remain relevant in the global information society became a priority for all those in government with responsibility for this sector. • Hence, NCC’s continued commitment to promoting a regulatory environment that is fair, transparent and predictable within nationally and globally defined agenda for sustainable development

  6. 5. Introduction • Mr Vice President, during a courtesy call on him by the some CEO’s of Telecommunications companies last year attributed the success recorded in the Telecom sector to “the commitment of the Ministers and officials in the sector to the successful implementation of government market reform agenda”

  7. 6. Telecom scorecard Fixed telephones has been only about doubled from about 450,000in 1999 to about 1 million, while mobile Increased geometrically from 35,000 analogue linesin 1999 to about 6.71 million digital linesby mid Oct. 2004 Source: NCC

  8. 7. Telecom Scorecard Consolidated Growth in Telephones in Nigeria Source: NCC Cumulative number of connected telephone lines has increased from less than 500,000 in 1999 to about 8 million as at about now.

  9. 8. Telecom scorecard • Giving current spate of roll out, total number of connected fixed and mobile lines are expected to surpass 1.2 million and 9 million respectively by the end of 2004

  10. 9. The Global Telecom Landscape

  11. 10. The Global Telecom Landscape: Growth in Telecom in Developed and Developing Countries Source: ITU World Telecommunications Indicators Database

  12. 11. Connecting the next 10 million • Information and Communications Technology should be placed on the front burner of priority sectors of government.

  13. 12. Connecting the next 10 million • Duty rates must drop to less than 5% to reduce price of basic phone sets and facilitate connection to the next 10 million people.

  14. 13. Connecting the next 10 million • The national carriers and the major operators licensed to deliver long distance transmission infrastructure need to be encouraged to fast forward their roll-out.

  15. 14. Connecting the next 10 million There is urgent need to open up discussions on how to drive down the satellite bandwidth charges perhaps, by consolidating the requirement on a national basis and using that to negotiate better bandwidth prices.

  16. 15. Connecting the next 10 million Expanding subscriber base will also be achieved faster in the fixed services area by a move towards market consolidation. Some of the operating companies offering fixed services would probably perform better if they merge to take advantage of economies of scale.

  17. 16. Connecting the next 10 million Growth of subscriber base must also go side by side with improvement in the public electricity power supply situation in the country.

  18. 17. Conclusion • Access to telecommunications is critical to the development of all aspects of a nation’s economy including manufacturing, banking, education, agriculture and government. • Nigeria's immediate requirement for telecommunications facilities is enormous and the required capital and time investment needed to complete a full deployment are daunting. • The Federal government must therefore continue to place the development of the and Information and Communications technology Industry on its priority list.

  19. 18. Conclusion • The target of connecting the next 10 million people in one year is achievable if we can create the enabling environment.

  20. 19 I BELIEVE WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN

  21. Thank You!!!

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