Network operators deploy 8,526 of 12,179 committed network sites – NCC

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has disclosed that Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) person deployed 8,526 of the 12,179 further web sum and capableness sites they committed to providing crossed the country.

The committee disclosed this successful a communiqué issued by its Office of the Commission Secretary astatine the extremity of its 110th Board gathering held connected September 9, 2026.

According to the NCC, the 8,526 sites correspond astir 70 per cent of the commitments made by the operators to grow web coverage, capableness and prime of experience.

The committee said the fig reflects accelerated advancement from the astir 5,000 sites reported astatine its erstwhile committee meeting.

However, the NCC expressed interest implicit the interaction of fibre cuts connected telecommunications services, noting that they contributed to a crisp emergence successful web disruptions successful June.

The Board stressed the request for infrastructure enlargement to beryllium matched by stronger extortion of captious communications infrastructure to amended web resilience and work reliability.

The committee besides disclosed that its Device Management System (DMS) is present unrecorded and supporting enhanced compliance with benignant support requirements.

It said the strategy would amended its quality to verify instrumentality compliance, discourage the circulation of non-compliant devices and assistance deter mobil...