Telecoms Operators’ Infrastructure Deployment in 2022 Raises Hope for Nigeria’s Digital Transformation

Emma Okonji The 2022 Subscriber/Network Data Annual Report by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has revealed that telecoms industry infrastructure deployment increased in 2022, compared to the infrastructure deployed in previous years, an indication of their readiness to deepen digital transformation across the country. The report showed a high volume of deployment of telecoms infrastructure, a development industry sources believe would further boost digital transformation across the country. According to the report, a total of 34,862 towers were recorded in 2022 from telecom operators across the country, with a total number of 127,294 Base Stations, while microwave radio deployment and coverage recorded in 2022 stood at 289,270.48km. A total number of 125 Gateways were in use in the telecom industry as at December 2022, while the total fiber optics deployment (terrestrial fibre and submarine cable), stood at 96,198 km as at December 2022. According to NCC’s statistics, as at December 2022, the total on-land fibre deployment was 49,367.20km as against 47,128.7km in 2021. A breakdown of the figure for terrestrial (land) fibre deployment, shows that MTN deployed as much as 14,612km of fibre optic cable in 2021, and maintain same volume of deployment in 2022, while Globacom deployed 13,233km […]

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