Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) at the weekend pegged the reserve price of each license on the 2.6 GHz band at $16 million and invited interested participants in the auction of frequency spectrum, touted to possess the potential to usher in a revolution into the broadband process.
The reserve price (R) for an applicant will be calculated as the GR multiplied by the number of lots (N) applied for by the applicant.
For example, reserve price for an Applicant that applied for 6 Lots that is 6 eligibility points is: $16 million X 6 = $96 million

The Commission offers 14 Lots of 2 X 5 MHz FDD paired spectrum in the 2.6 GHz band ranging from 2500 – 2570MHz and 2620 to 2690 MHz (totaling 2 X 70 MHz) for auction.
Each lot of 2 X 5 MHz represents 1 eligibility point. An applicant that pays the Intention-to-bid deposit (IBD) for 6 lots will have a total of 6 eligibility Points.

According to the NCC, the frequency will be awarded to winning bidders in multiples of 2 X 5 MHz Lots aggregated in contiguous arrangements.
The process for the licensing of the 2.6 GHz spectrum is predicated on demands by operators for additional spectrum to enable the provision of advanced wireless broadband services in line with international trends.
This is also in furtherance of the objectives of the federal government of Nigeria as set out in the Nigerian National ICT Policy 2012 and the Nigerian National Broadband Plan 2013.

We have Smile (band 20), Spectranet (band 40), Swift (band 40) and Bitcom (band 40) Networks with LTE licenses but this has not had any impact on the broadband landscape.
Since the bigger boys “GSM Telcos” will be vying the LTE band 7 license. This will have a great impact on mobile data in the country.
The LTE band 7 employs frequency division duplex FDD which requires that frequency bands are paired to allow simultaneous transmission on two frequencies. The bands also have sufficient separation to enable the transmitted signals not to unduly impair the receiver performance.

Uplink 2500 – 2570 Mhz
Downlink 2620 – 2690 Mhz
Width of band 70 Mhz
Duplex spacing 120 Mhz
Band Gap 50 Mhz

In case

STC

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Even if NCC gives 10G LTE to our GSM operators without auctions, they will still provide internet service that is slower than smail.

Take more time and explain more for a layman to understand.

hmm

Coughs

HSDPA and HSPA+ hasn't given maximum signal reception/coverage nationwide and now they're auctioning LTE licenses... smh

KelsAltair:
HSDPA and HSPA+ hasn't given maximum signal reception/coverage nationwide and now they're auctioning LTE licenses... smh

lol. bunch of jokers

@KelsAltair HSDPA and HSPA+ has maximum signal reception/coverage nationwide using Antennas

LTE

RapidBTS:
@KelsAltair HSDPA and HSPA+ has maximum signal reception/coverage nationwide using Antennas

Can you drop a tutorial(or a link to one) on how to use an outdoor antenna to get maximum reception for mobile broadband? I have an outdoor antenna already being used for one of the "4G" networks now I wanna know how to tweak the mofo for all networks.
P.S I already googled but couldn't find information that was relevant enough.
Thanks.

You will. Probably think NCC cares about the consumer..

Mtschew

All about the money

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