In line with the Commission’s policy of participatory regulation and the usual practice of industry wide consultation in carrying out its regulatory functions, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is organizing a stakeholders’ consultation on regulatory framework for Commercial Satellite Communications and related services.
The Commission is desirous of developing frequency licenses, application forms and landing permit for Satellite Based Services and consequently wishes to share the draft documents for comments by relevant stakeholders in order to facilitate finalization of the regulatory framework for Satellite Based Services.
All stakeholders are hereby informed that the Satellite Based Services draft documents have been uploaded on the commission’s website via the following URL:
https://www.ncc.gov.ng/drafts/commercial-satellite-services
All stakeholders are invited to peruse the documents and provide feedback/comments. Comments should be sent to the email address by 15th July 2020.
The Commission will finalize the all the conditions for satellite based services by 29th July 2020 after considering comments received from stakeholders.
SIGNED
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, FNSE, FRAES, FAEng, FNIEEE
EXECUTIVE VICE CHAIRMAN/CEO
Nigerian Communications Commission
June 23, 2020