•As more states waive, cut deployment charges
Telecommunications operators have appealed to governments at all levels to consider their stance on right of way (RoW) charges, especially in 2024.
This appeal is coming on the need for major infrastructure upgrade for telecoms infrastructure in the country, especially fibre optics cables that are said to have reached their end of life.
In an interview with The Guardian, the Chairman, the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), Gbenga Adebayo, said there was an urgent need for major upgrades and deployment of new telecoms infrastructure, especially as the digital economy becomes the norm.
Adebayo said most of the telecoms infrastructure in Nigeria, which has been built since the revolution started over two decades ago, especially fibre infrastructure is near its end of life and as such needs to be upgraded or complete deployment of new ones.
He, however,…
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