Telecommunications tower operators spend some N175 million every day on diesel which is used to power generators at their towers housing base transceiver stations (BTS) that make it possible for Nigerians to use GSM service to make and receive calls.

Telecom towers house base stations that Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and 4G internet service providers use to deliver services to their customers.

Nigeria CommunicationsWeek investigations revealed that a co-located tower which houses 3 to 5 base stations use 20KVA generator to supply power while a tower that houses a single base station uses 15KVA generator. More so, each generator consumes 50 litres of diesel per day especially in recent years when public power system is highly erratic.

Nigeria Communications Week gathered that presently, towers run on generator in an average of 20 hours a day. This means that 25,000 of towers in the country that use generators consume some 1.25million litres of diesel a day.

It was learnt that this quantity of diesel consume by generators at different towers cost tower operators about N175million at diesel pump price of N140 per litre.

The Guardian



http://nairametrics.com/see-how-much-telecom-tower-operators-spend-daily-to-power-bts/

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Hmmm.... So na him mk dem dey charge us excessively....

Really? That's quite a huge amount if you calculate it in a year.
Why not make a one time investment into the power sector with that and ensure there is constant electricity. That will pay them more in the long run.

Might not be a wise thing to say. Just thinking outside the box. Heard it will cost us about 30billion dollars to provide electricity to Nigerians. I see opportunity tho.

That's why we are there to offer top notch power solutions to these BTS and backbone telecom sites to effectively increase uptime and reduce deisel consumption drastically.

Our engineers are well trained to perform retrofit and power swapout without any downtime.

You are just a call away.

They make times ten of that

And that is why you Nigerians pay so much for airtime.

Dottore:
They make times ten of that

And they have to pay staff, pay insurance,maintain the towers, replace the generators when they get stolen or break down permanently, do upgrades so that you can watch whizkid on your tablet, expand the network so that you can talk with your great grandmamma in your village, spend money on scholarships and training programmes, sponsor competitions,replace old and worn-out machinery, train staff abroad so that they can maintain your equipment, pay adhoc staff....eg those who dig tunnels for the wires,and pay compensation and buy land where they can erect towers.Oh...and they have to pay their expat staff very well....because do you expect someone to come from UK to live in Ajegunle or Nyanya...with all the problems. And they have to pay for security too...for staff and some vital equipment.

You Nigerians should stop demanding awoof. If you want empty hen, glow, and hair tell to be taken over by government, fine. Just don't complain when services start going bad because no money.

Laayyyyaaa........ Light don dey dey now make them use light and reduce tarrif plans especially data plans

Ko ni da fun wan

Consultville:
Telecommunications tower operators spend some N175 million every day on diesel which is used to power generators at their towers housing base transceiver stations (BTS) that make it possible for Nigerians to use GSM service to make and receive calls.

Telecom towers house base stations that Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and 4G internet service providers use to deliver services to their customers.

Nigeria CommunicationsWeek investigations revealed that a co-located tower which houses 3 to 5 base stations use 20KVA generator to supply power while a tower that houses a single base station uses 15KVA generator. More so, each generator consumes 50 litres of diesel per day especially in recent years when public power system is highly erratic.

Nigeria Communications Week gathered that presently, towers run on generator in an average of 20 hours a day. This means that 25,000 of towers in the country that use generators consume some 1.25million litres of diesel a day.

It was learnt that this quantity of diesel consume by generators at different towers cost tower operators about N175million at diesel pump price of N140 per litre.

The Guardian



http://nairametrics.com/see-how-much-telecom-tower-operators-spend-daily-to-power-bts/

money powers it all

I don't care how much they spend,all I want is quality service

Nigeria is Africa's largest telecom market by investment and subscription, with over 140 million mobile subscriber. They are making ten times of this figure.

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That is not up to half of the fees paid to artistes under each service provider. Let them tell us how much is their revenue each month and spare us the sad tales.

The amount of money these telecoms providers make from Data subscriptions alone is more than a thousand times of that.

There would always be an excuse for exploitation.

Different strokes...

The more telcos expend on power, the more some individuals smile to the bank.

Ok

Noted!

What baffles is, after spending all these money on diesel and petrol generators, government is unable to recover these money back in form of tax. Kudos to Buhari for appointing a man who has delivered aggressively in Lagos, hope he gets the job done and revamps Nigeria's ailing tax system.

Rain, Tax, it's inevitable - Celine Dion

tell us how much they make everyday as well

Rather too much

Ko ni da fun wan...buhari never get una time

It doesn't stop them from paying the Wizkids and D'banj's millions of Naira all in the name of being brand ambassadors.

Thunder fire them. We only ask for quality service.

Well diesel is so cheap now, so why aren't their services better and recharge cards cheaper?

Boy

bushdoc9919:


And they have to pay staff, pay insurance

Doc they still make more than enough profit.what they pay their staff is peanuts across board.

Dottore:
They make times ten of that

Times 10 kwa? More than Times 50

imagine

Oga o. But calculate it, for example MTN, if I recharge #100 and u know MTN has over 10 million customers. 10 million, what am I even saying 100 million customers. Multiply it by 100, u know how much dat will generate for them.

can we also talk about d million subscribers that go for their expensive data plans or those that fall into their caller tunes trap or those that get cheated one way or d other.

The list is endless. Dem dey talk this one to get pity and we know better than to believe their 'Tales by Moonlight '

sniper77:


Doc they still make more than enough profit.what they pay their staff is peanuts across board.

See my original statement...it has been modified.

The problem is that power supply in Nigeria is not working.If it was working...we would have been paying less.