My people, una don hear wetin dey happen for our Naija highways? Naija Communications Commission (NCC) don come drop correct gist say about 99.9% of our major roads get good mobile coverage. E be like magic but na true! Na their Director, Mr. Edoyemi Ogoh, wey talk am during di virtual presentation for di Fourth Quarter 2025 Performance Report.
Ogoh explain say di report show sey mobile network dey spread well-well across trunk, primary, and secondary roads. E dey sweet for ear make we sabi sey dis roads na di backbone for our economy and social activities. But no forget say dem still get some wahala wey dey affect signal quality for some areas, especially for rural and border locations. Na wetin dem call natural obstacles like hills and forests dey cause am.
Also, Ogoh dey talk sey dem dey work on low-band spectrum deployment, especially for di 700MHz frequency. Dem dey plan to use less base stations to cover more ground. Dis one dey align with di Spectrum Roadmap wey dem get for 2025-2030, wey go improve broadband for rural areas and boost 4G and 5G services.
No be small thing! Broadband penetration don pass 50% for 2025, chai! And di 4G speeds don improve well, thanks to di collaboration between MTN and T2 for spectrum trading. But as e get how e dey be, mobile operators dey focus more on areas wey get large population dem due to money matters.
To make matter better, NCC don start di Aeronautical Station Emission Framework wey go allow broadband services for trains, buses, and even aircraft. Na wetin dem dey call innovation, my people!
Another person wey dey give us better insights na Mr. Umar Abdullahi, Special Adviser on Technical Matters. E come show as dem dey take evaluate network performance. Abdullahi talk sey dem dey combine crowd-sourced data with geospatial maps to see how users dey experience network across di country.
Shuoo! Di analysis show sey di strong signals dey along major routes like Lagos to Abuja and Port Harcourt. But for di border towns and rural areas, signal dey get problem. Dis one no be say dem no get infrastructure, but di terrain dey cause wahala for di signal.
Dem even find out sey about 326 kilometres of primary roads dey without service, but na just small fraction of di over 290,000-kilometre road network for Naija. Areas wey get lower population density dey struggle for quality coverage, while di secondary roads dey manage better.
For people wey dey complain about di signal fluctuations along Benin corridors and states like Niger, Ekiti, Osun and Ondo, Abdullahi talk sey NCC dey engage mobile operators to come up with targeted solutions. E no easy, but dem dey try find alternative methods like microwave backhaul for remote locations.
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