publicnotice-re-licensing of 5.4ghz band
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AVAILABILITY OF FREQUENCY SLOTS IN THE 5.4 GHz BAND IN ALL STATES OF THE FEDERATION
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in exercise of its functions enshrined in the Nigeria Communication ACT NCA‐2003 do hereby inform interested parties as follows:
1. That there are available slots in the 5.4 GHz band with Bandwidth and Licensing areas listed in table below:
Slot No. Band (MHz) BandwidthAvailable
Availability Licensing Area DuplexMode
1 5510‐5540 30MHz All the states of the federation
Regional, in each of the Geopolitical region
TDD
2 5540‐5570 30MHz All the states of the federation
Regional, in each of the Geopolitical region
TDD
3 5570‐5600 30MHz All the states of the federation
State By State TDD
4 5600‐5630 30MHz All the states of the federation
State By State TDD
5 5630‐5660 30MHz All the states of the federation
State By State TDD
6 5660‐5685 25MHz All the states of the federation
State By State TDD
7 5685‐5710 25MHz All the states of the federation
State By State TDD
2. Slot 1 and Slot 2 will be licensed on a Region by Region basis. Each
Region will represent a license.
3. Slot 3 to Slot 7 will be licensed on a State by State basis. Each State will represent a license.
4. Interested applicants should download Wireless Local Loop (WLL) application form from the Commission’s website and complete it in triplicate and submit to the Commission on or before 20/3/2015.
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5. The following should be furnished with the application:
a. Roll Out for each of the States/Regions requested indicating the number of sties targeted by year 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 of the licenses.
b. Evidence of technical competence to deploy the licenses. Including as the case may be relationship with Technical partners.
c. Evidence of financial capacity to support the Roll Out target.
6. Please note that received applications will be processed after this deadline.
7. Also note that applicants that applied during the earlier publication of November, 2014 need not re‐apply.
States covered in each Geopolitical Region of Nigeria:
Geopolitical Region States Covered
South‐South Region Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Cross River and Rivers
South‐East Region Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo, Abia and Anambra
South‐West Region Oyo, Ogun, Lagos, Ondo, Osun and Ekiti
North‐West Region Kaduna, Kebbi, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kano, Jigawa and Katsina
North‐Central Region Niger, Kogi, Benue, Kwara, Plateau, Nassarawa and FCT
North‐East Region Borno, Taraba, Bauchi, Adamawa, Gombe and Yobe
Licensing Coverage Area
Licensing Area Legend
Regional For regional coverage, each slot will be licensed to one Operator in each of the regions
State by State For state by state coverage, each slot will be licensed to one Operator in each of the states of the federation
Dr. Eugene Juwah Executive Vice Chairman/CEO