Broadband: Bitflux set for rollout, gives reasons for delay

Bitflux Communications has announced plans to commence commercial broadband service provisioning using the Last Mile Wholesale Access (LMWA). The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of VDTCommunications, Mr. Abiodun Omoniyi in an interview with ICT correspondents in Lagos said the services will be delivered to the un-served and under-served communities in Nigeria. According to him, […]

Bitflux Communications has announced plans to commence commercial broadband service provisioning using the Last Mile Wholesale Access (LMWA).
The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of VDTCommunications, Mr. Abiodun Omoniyi in an interview with ICT correspondents in Lagos said the services will be delivered to the un-served and under-served communities in Nigeria.
According to him, the step is a bold one in the face of daunting challenges facing the industry.
He listed some of those challenges as: Foreign Exchange restrictions/ unstable exchange rates which has made it very difficult for telecommunications companies to bring in needed equipment and machineries necessary for roll out and service obligations.
The VDT is the parent company of Bitflux winner of the 2.6GHz spectrum has delayed service rollout for two years citing the listed challenges and difficult to meet up with their debt obligations to their foreign partners causes.
Others are multiple taxations from various tiers and agencies of government and unstable government policies among others.
Omoniyi noted that Bitflux service is designed to provide cost effective local loop circuits to partners that deliver high-speed Internet services to their customers and Retail Access Networks.
He said firm is also designed to provide high-speed Internet services to customers to cater for their Lifestyle preferences.