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Telecommunications Policy in Nigeria

Telecommunications Policy in Nigeria

Joseph Welfare Irivwieri
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 12
ISBN13: 9781615208470|ISBN10: 161520847X|EISBN13: 9781615208487
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-847-0.ch043
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Irivwieri, Joseph Welfare. "Telecommunications Policy in Nigeria." Handbook of Research on Information Communication Technology Policy: Trends, Issues and Advancements, edited by Esharenana E. Adomi, IGI Global, 2011, pp. 688-699. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-847-0.ch043

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Irivwieri, J. W. (2011). Telecommunications Policy in Nigeria. In E. Adomi (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Information Communication Technology Policy: Trends, Issues and Advancements (pp. 688-699). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-847-0.ch043

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Irivwieri, Joseph Welfare. "Telecommunications Policy in Nigeria." In Handbook of Research on Information Communication Technology Policy: Trends, Issues and Advancements, edited by Esharenana E. Adomi, 688-699. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-847-0.ch043

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Abstract

This chapter reviews the Nigerian National Telecommunications Policy. It describes Nigerian telecommunications development in the country, telecommunications policy in Nigeria., the 2000 national telecommunications policy including its objective and other components of the policy, telecoms regulatory agencies - government, ministry of communications, Nigerian Communications Commissions (NCC), policy implementation and review, emerging telecoms policy directions, and impact of telecoms regulatory policy. It is concluded that the implementation of the policy has resulted in number of telecom subscribers. The chapter calls on the Nigerian government to implement it new policy directions.

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