Ernest Ndukwe, telecommunications engineer and current Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has advocated the concept of “Fibre Without Borders (FWB) as a panacea for achieving a potential African telecommunications revolution, in terms of seamless telecommunications connectivity as well as quick and affordable broadband access to the citizenry.
Ernest Ndukwe who put forward this idea during a special press conference at the National Telecom Development series in Lagos said the idea of fiber optic networks crisscrossing the African continent, without constraints of geography and politics, is the type of initiative that would benefit the continent immeasurably. “In talking about removing barriers created by geography and politics, I will also advocate encouraging cross border fiber optic links as the platform for the next move in Africa and encourage what I call ‘Fibre without Borders,’” he said. Read the rest of this entry »
